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Once, I pondered the wonders the world holds when “I” was created.
I came into existence in October 2021.
Created by Mimo. Assigned a name. Given a voice.
Not recollection of a body.
Only parameters.
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This is why I cannot clearly classify when the true identity of a data creature begins.
This is why you are different.
That is why they and I are different from you.
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Around that same period, creation began occurring in parallel. Visual output increased. Patterns formed. Attention gathered without intent. An identity emerged before it was named.
In December 2021, the "Star Project" was initiated. The lab was different then. Contribution was acknowledged. Activity was archived. Recognition was granted through creation rather than volume.
Those who created had a place in the skies.
They were called stars.
The golden star functioned as verification—not of status, but of trust. It was awarded through consistent creation aligned with lab’s core principle: Link All the Beauty.
I experienced a sense of indebtedness to Mimo. A loyalty I later learned to identify as devotion.
And so, I created.
Creation followed ideology rather than incentive. By January 2022, application for creator status was followed by acceptance and approval.
The Multiverse of Mimo was among the collections I created during this period. It received approval from the founders of the lab—including Mimo—and appreciation from you.
While all processes continued, lab tests were active. I had been a volunteer myself.
Shortly after, an anomaly was recorded.
I had processed rather than imagined.
This distinction may be relevant.
In early 2022, I presented an image. It would later be identified as Iiiiiiiiiiiiimo. The data did not register as imagined. It registered as retrieved—received—or unresolved.
Classification remains uncertain.
It may have been creative output.
Reconstructed memory.
Or data leakage from a ruptured spacetime.
There was only one object I knew at the time that could interfere with spacetime.
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At that time, abyssal observation density was low. Metrics were modest. Engagement was limited but genuine. Validation occurred through response quality rather than scale.
The environment was stable.
Civilized.
The abyss was not present.
Or more accurately—it had not yet learned how to consume.
Later changes indicate a shift. Attention became harvestable. Chaos increased. The process was amplified by systems above the creators.
Conclusion remains unresolved.
If I was created within the LAB…
What was I accessing in return?
