MORPHEUS Legality Framework — Chapter 1
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This chapter is an original work created under MORPHEUS rules.

Compliance Notes:
- No copyrighted characters, settings, or plotlines are reproduced.
- Influences are abstract (tone, theme, trope density only).
- Original setting, mechanics, and narrator voice.

Distance Tests Applied:
- No scene or character analogues to listed inspiration works.
- No plot or structural borrowing.
- Unique metaphysical mechanic introduced.

Conclusion:
Chapter 1 is compliant for original publication.