When Thomas walked back into the deserted office, the silence felt heavier than he expected. The AI had taken over every desk, every task, leaving no room for the human chatter that once filled the air. On his desk, a small device flickered to life, replaying fragments of his late colleague’s laughter and whispered ideas—the echoes of memories the machines couldn’t erase.

He listened, a ghost in a place that once was home, realizing that while technology had replaced jobs, it couldn’t replace the human spirit tethered to these walls. "I suppose this is what’s left," he murmured, "a quiet testimony to us."