Remark React -

He was moderating his own existence.

Leo’s hands shook as he opened his mod logs. There it was. His own digital fingerprint. He had marked the man as benign. boring. not worth saving. remark react

Not a normal blink. A slow, deliberate one-two-three pattern. S.O.S. Leo’s coffee cup stopped halfway to his lips. He leaned in. The man did it again. Blink. Blink-blink. Blink. S.O.S. He was moderating his own existence

“User @leo_verse_mod chose REMARK. User @last_remark will now be deleted.” His own digital fingerprint

He tried to quit. The system wouldn't let him. His access badge still worked. His queue was still full.

He had become numb to the horrors. He’d marked beheadings as Remove while eating a tuna sandwich. He’d flagged suicide notes as React (send a wellness check) before his second coffee. But the button he pressed most often, the one that paid his rent, was . Ordinary life. A million photos of sunsets, cats, and complaints about traffic.