As she repaired alleys a camera-ghost followed: a dog-eared avatar of the original game’s protagonist, a shadow with a mask. It was neither friend nor enemy but a reflection of the choices she made. She saved a market vendor’s ledger from being burned—ripples of gratitude followed across three blocks. She reinstated a collapsed bridge—two traffic routes reknitted—and with them a small firm that had gone under in her prior life blinked back into existence. The city grew denser where she chose life.