“Quam simul ad duras religatam bracchia cautes vidit Abantiades (nisi quod levis aura capillos moverat et tepido manabant lumina fletu, marmoreum ratus esset opus), trahit inscius ignes et stupet et visae correptus imagine formae paene suas quatere est oblitus in aere pennas.” (Metamorphoses IV.674–679) Sourced from Book IV of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, this piece isolates the point of initial recognition. Andromeda is immobilized—exhibited as a figure tense with uneasy anticipation —before consequence is set in motion. The encounter is initiated, but the system remains paused. The work preserves arrangement without resolution. The machine remembers what we chose to forget. * This piece was initially AI generated and subsequently modified.