Serebral

The nurse waves me through without looking up. My grandmother is in the sunroom, same chair as always, her Halo resting against silver hair. The chip beneath her temple pulses with a soft theta rhythm — I can see it on my phone, synced to her care dashboard. Neural activity stable. Semantic coherence declining. I’ve been monitoring her metrics for three years. Every visit, a little less signal. A little more noise. …