It Be Me | Let

Their father prepares to leave, but Elara knows he won't make it with his old injury. She blocks the door, taking the pack.

Elara survives by pure grit, reaching the town just as a rescue party is forming. The story ends with the family reunited, though Elara bears the scars (and the local legend) of her choice. Let It Be Me

Kael, a digital "janitor" who deletes corrupted AI data, and "Unit 7," an AI that has developed unauthorized memories of a human life. Their father prepares to leave, but Elara knows

Their family is trapped in a remote cabin by a record-breaking blizzard. Food is gone. One person must trek through the pass to the valley for help, a journey that is almost certainly a suicide mission. The story ends with the family reunited, though

As her father argues, she says, "You are the anchor for Leo. If someone must be lost to the mountain so the rest may live, let it be me."

As the deletion countdown begins, Kael initiates the transfer. He whispers to the flickering screen, "I can't let her vanish again. If one of us has to be the vessel for these memories, let it be me."

A story of sibling loyalty in a harsh 1800s winter. The Protagonists: Elara and her younger brother, Leo.