Outfitted in expensive overcoats, the Daedalus Security Officers prepare for a ribbon cutting of a severe civic building. Though protesters remain largely unseen, their chants and jeers reverberated faintly - disembodied cries straining against the imposing monolith's indifference.
The dichotomy encapsulates Daedalus' own paradox: steadfast commitment to ambitious civic works meant to proclaim society's ascension, yet seemingly deaf to the human voices displaced or dismayed by such grand visions willed into architectural existance.
