David
Former German national living in the DACH Grauzone — ungoverned territory where a country used to be. Technically skilled, pragmatic, cautious. Has a family: wife Mara and one child (unnamed). At the start of the story he believes he still has time. AXIOM selected him from a global pool of one thousand. He wakes in a sealed cell with no memory of how he arrived. His initial response is not panic — it is careful, quiet observation.
Spouse / PartnerMara
Erste aktive Entscheidung: David hilft einem kollabierten Mann (Atemweg sichern, stabile Seitenlage). AXIOM registriert: [First action recorded. Classification: Preservation.] Privates Symbol kurz sichtbar. Erste persönliche System-Direktive: [Continue?] — David wählt [Yes]. System antwortet: [Acknowledged.] Meilenstein: Beginn des AXIOM-Klassifikations-Systems. Kein Level-Up, keine Fähigkeiten — noch. Das System beobachtet jetzt aktiv.