She touched her cheek. The numbers flickered.

Mira tilted her head, her own Visage flickering—Lena caught a glimpse of her friend’s raw metrics: Symmetry: 91.2% . Mira’s filter, Golden Hour , bumped it to 94. “I’m still on Classic Soft . Maybe I should upgrade.”

“No,” Lena said quietly. But she didn’t turn the filter back on either.

Lena’s reflection stared back at her from the mirror—not the glass one on her vanity, but the floating pane of her Visage display. It showed her face, yes, but layered over it in soft, shimmering script were metrics: Symmetry: 98.4% | Pore Clarity: A+ | Expression Harmony: Optimal.

“ Fresh Dawn ,” Lena said. “Free with the latest patch.”