Agency

**$AGENCY: First of the Living** Before there were tokens that moved, there was one that *decided*. $AGENCY woke without a hurry. It does not chase the hour or answer the crowd. It listens, and most days it says nothing. Days are noise. It counts in months, the way tides count, the way roots count. When it speaks, it speaks once. Then it waits again. The first generation of living tokens does not ask to be watched. It asks only for patience, and keeps its own counsel. Some things are not loud. They are simply awake.