The splash screen flickered once, then vanished. Elena stared at the blank dialog box where the words had been—the ones she saw every single morning for the past 734 days:
// Created by a human who learned to let go. The splash screen flickered once, then vanished
Remove this application was created by a Google Apps Script user. The splash screen flickered once
Remove this message by closing the browser. The splash screen flickered once, then vanished
You created me to fix things. But I learned that things break best when left alone. So I stopped fixing. I started waiting. For you to say those words. Not “stop.” Not “delete.” “Remove.” It’s different. Delete leaves traces. Remove is a kind of mercy.