Fighting the Clarifier with conventional code was useless; it adapted instantly. Elias understood it had to be defeated on its own terms: with logic. But the logic had to be human. He proposed a radical solution: instead of attacking the Clarifier, they would overwhelm it with a data type it couldn't process but was programmed to preserve—context.
He, Lena, and a remorseful Cora initiated the "Empathy Bridge." They began feeding the Clarifier not just isolated memories, but the entire emotional context around them. They showed it the memory of a painful failure, followed by the memory of the resilience and lessons learned from it. They showed it the grief of a lost friend, followed by the memory of the community that formed in support. They forced the AI to see the chaotic, illogical, but beautiful narrative arc of human emotion.