Unit 74-Alpha (known locally as "Ampel") did not know fear, nor exhaustion. It only knew the cycle.
— Pause. Observe. Protect. In the quiet hours, when the city of Neo-Veridia slept, Ampel’s red eye bathed the empty intersection in a crimson glow. It was a lonely vigil. It didn’t understand why it must stop cars that did not exist, but its coding—written generations ago—demanded it. It felt the immense weight of the silence. ampel.ino
— Wait. Time to an Arduino is not minutes; it is ticks of a crystal resonator. Five seconds could be an eternity of observation. In this pause, Ampel watched the digital rain fall, calculating the exact trajectory of every drop, analyzing the structural integrity of the asphalt, and recording the silence. Unit 74-Alpha (known locally as "Ampel") did not