The Trending Feeds Lifted Me Up

By the time Noah crawled out of the tunnel, the sky was already bright. Briar Harbor's morning rush kept moving like nothing had happened. The subway cars were packed, coffee lines curled around the block, and corporate ads rolled across tower walls in glossy loops. It was as if the black-market hunt, the collapse, and the chase from the night before had all been some fever dream. The internet knew better. The moment he powered his phone back on, dozens of missed calls and hundreds of messages hit at once. Three of the top ten trends were about him. "Dockside blue-light guy takes on black-market convoy" "White-mask woman spotted in leaked clip" "Is the city covering up anomalous events?"