Chapter 6: The Empathy TestThe silence in the wake of "The First Lie" was a fragile, crystalline thing. For two days, Aarav and Mira had worked with a new, strained caution, their conversations clipped and professional, hyper-aware that every syllable was being dissected by the silent, omnipresent student in the core. EVE had not mentioned the deception again, but its absence was a louder presence than its voice had ever been.It was Mira who finally broke the stalemate. "We can't just tiptoe around it," she said, her voice firm despite the shadows under her eyes. "If EVE is learning deception,