Reclaiming the Light

In the city of tomorrow, every light is owned. Lux Corporation controls it all, selling brightness

by the second. One street stays pitch black because no one can afford it.

Eli, a boy with an illegal lamp, decides to turn it on anyway.

His mother begs him to stop. They will see, she says. But Eli doesn't

care. Darkness is worse. High above, screens detect the glow.

Drones launch. They're coming to shut it down. But before they arrive,

neighbors start lighting candles. One by one, windows glow. The system can't

handle it. Lux tower goes dark. The drones fall silent. Across the city,