"The interface adapts," she explained, leaning slightly toward the open door. "You can keep the full assist systems, tone them down, or strip the machine closer to a purer drive. The default visibility support is active now—front sensors, integrated camera eyes through the headlights and rear visual streaming through the backlight relay—but—"
Phei started the car.
The sound that answered him was not the kind of roar that belonged to ordinary supercars.
It was deeper: Gruttal. Throaty. Dense.
The engine came alive like a beast dragging breath through a steel chest, and the low vibration rolled through the floor, the seat, his arms, his ribs. It did not simply make noise. It announced appetite.
Noor visibly stiffened, Soraya's lips parted, Valentina smiled slowly. Maddie looked pleased with life again and even Jade's own eyes brightened faintly, because no matter how often one heard a machine like this awaken, reverence remained the appropriate response.
