A lone figure walks through a city split open by a vertical wound of red light. Buildings fracture and lean, their surfaces glitching like a broken memory. The ground reflects the blaze, turning every step into a descent through liquid fire. Other silhouettes drift at the edges — distant, disconnected, unaware or unwilling. This piece explores alienation in a hyper-lit world: when technology illuminates everything except meaning. The red beam is both signal and scar — a reminder that progress can feel like standing inside a permanent emergency.