The symbiont was a creature of pure relational data. It fed on loyalty, secrets, the unspoken contracts between people. In return, it gifted its host with perfect social X-ray vision. Naomi could see the red strings of obligation tying a CEO to his mistress, the silver chains of debt between a mother and son, the invisible handshake between rival politicians. It was an exclusive, symbiotic relation: the symbiont got the emotional heat of human bonds, and Naomi got the truth.
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