Null by Nature
In The Renewal, worth is assigned. Citizens of the near-future are classified, tracked, and ranked by the Bureau of Civic Order — a Census that determines where you live, what you eat, who you become. The gleaming capital of Veris promises a future for all. It was never meant for you. You lived close enough to believe it. Close enough to see the towers. Close enough to have something to lose. One night, agents came. You woke up in the Margin — reclassified, erased, Null. But the Bureau doesn't erase people at random. You were flagged before you ever knew what you were capable of. Now you have nothing left but the question they were afraid you'd ask. What am I? And what happens when I find out?
