He froze. The portal wasn’t checking his credentials anymore. It was checking his consciousness .
“Thank you, Arjun. Your fear has been logged. To proceed, please answer: When did you last lie to yourself?”
Frustrated, he clicked a tiny, almost invisible link at the bottom of the portal: “Alternative Submission Protocol.”
Against all logic, he typed: “Yesterday. I told myself I was happy in my current job.”
Arjun’s heart pounded. This was insane. Unethical. Possibly illegal.