Vl_13.pants_rt.1.var Instant

Inject a new string into the variable to break the loop.

The glow had created a feedback loop. The light from the virtual pants was reflecting off the virtual floor, which the pants then tried to reflect back, causing the physics engine to divide by zero. Elara had two choices:

It would fix the error, but Kaelen would appear in his plain, gray base-layer suit for three seconds—a social death sentence.

"It’s a recursion error," Elara muttered, her fingers dancing across the virtual terminal.