In a sterile world governed by moral scores and emotional compliance, repentance is obsolete—and memory is dangerous. Aren, a high-level auditor in the Department of Morality and Inner Sanctity, uncovers a forgotten case file. It should have been sealed. Deleted. Forgotten. But instead, it lingers. As she begins to remember—not just the subject, Elias Venn, but her own buried complicity—she faces a choice: uphold the system or preserve the truth no one else will. “I Remember Niko Venn” is a quiet rebellion. A story about judgment that collapses, and memory that endures. About the moment a soul unseals itself… and steps outside the machine.

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Written by James D. Newcomb

Narration and Visual prompts generated with AI from original concept

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