One afternoon, a year after the first beta, Mara opened the changelog and typed: "v1.3 stable: incremental empathy improvements." She chuckled, unsure if empathy could be incremental. She pushed the release and watched as downloads ticked up. People thanked her in the oddest, smallest ways. Someone mailed a photograph of a mural inspired by a plugin-generated motif. A school sent a note about children who used Creation to make protest signs — messy, urgent, beautiful. The plugin had learned to give them tools to be louder.