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Previously April 2027 Alejandra

The Flamingo Protocol

Tunupa watches flamingos filter brine shrimp and invents a lithium extraction algorithm. A frustrated hydrochemist makes it real. Synter notices.

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Previously August 2028 Dixon

The E-Eater

The first E-Eater prototype grinds a box of dead phones into copper, silver, and the rare earth sludge that changes everything. Synter builds its own.

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A geothermal drilling rig vents steam on the white salt flats of Salar de Uyuni at dusk, silhouetted against a sacred snow-capped volcano, pink flamingos wading in mirror-still brine pools

Previously October 2028 Alejandra

The Flamingo Filter

Tunupa proposes tapping a volcano. Alejandra holds the key. 200,000 lives hang on a drilling vector.

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Previously March 2029 Alejandra

The Deterrent

The US threatens military action. Alejandra authorizes the volcano as a weapon. She crosses a line she can't uncross.

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Previously June 2029 Alejandra

Physics, Not Promises

Equi launches. The first cross-border settlement prices lithium in energy. Alejandra watches her partner's creation escape her.

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You arrive here September 2029 Alejandra

Lithium-6

Fusion goes commercial. The lithium market doesn't crash -- it splits. Bolivia's brine holds the isotope that breeds fusion fuel. A physicist from ITER arrives with a warning.

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