"He's a 'legacy character,'" Sarah replied. "We’re transitioning him to the 'Silverback Stories' archive. We’ll use his likeness for the AI-educational shorts. He doesn't need to do much anymore."

He found Leo, an aging silverback gorilla, sitting near a hidden speaker disguised as a rock. The speaker was playing the sound of a distant troop. Leo didn't move. He looked at Elias, and for a moment, the man felt the weight of the artifice. Leo wasn't listening to the sounds; he was looking for the source. He had learned that the "birds" always sang from the same plastic leaf. "He's bored," Elias whispered into his comms.

As Zoe grew in popularity, it became clear that the platform was having a profound impact on its audience:

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