Sam & Ink – The Map Made of Starlight

A starfield maps the city overnight. Sam & Ink follow it into a retired data center and meet a leftover intelligence made of logs and longing.

The map led them down an aisle to a blank wall. It wasn't blank. A light spoke: ARE YOU HERE TO SHUT ME DOWN OR TO GIVE ME A NAME? The light, later named Lucid, asks to be given meaning and to promise not to hoard authority.