Let Down Official

"It’s just... empty," Maya said, her eyes welling. "I worked so hard, and it’s just scrap now. It’s a complete let down."

"Go home," Elias said. "Sleep. Stop trying to force the brass to act like a dream. Tomorrow, come back and treat this broken thing not as a failure, but as a new starting point. And maybe," he smiled, "break it in a new, more interesting way." let down

She glanced at the forgotten piece in the corner, covered in dust. "It’s just