Traces of Humanity

In 2085, life is governed by ABI, a controlling intelligence shaping sterile mega cities where touch, emotion, and independent thought are suppressed. One individual breaks away, drawn to a forgotten landscape beyond the cities. Uncovering a lost object: the letterpress. Once seen as a mere tool of production, it now appears as something sacred entirely alien to them, yet deeply human. A creaking frame, the weight of its parts, the pressure needed to leave a mark, all reveal a world where memory was made through effort. Each printed fragment becomes a trace of tangible humanity, a quiet defiance against digital erasure. In this discovery, the figure is transformed and with others who follow, forms a new group: the Guardians of Knowledge. Together, they resist through human acts of making.