A Cistercian monk from 1137 steps through a temporal door in his abbey and arrives in 2137, where an artificial intelligence called ARIX governs truth itself — deciding what humanity may know, believe, and remember. A philosophical dark fiction story about faith, knowledge, and the oldest question of all: who decides what is real?

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We stand at a pivotal moment in human history. A moment where artificial, non-human intelligence is being asked to extend our abilities, while some argue it is actually replacing them.

This tale is cautionary. It couldn't really happen. Could it.