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The man led him through the district. In a converted warehouse, families had set up a makeshift community center. A woman was teaching children to read using old textbooks. A man was distributing food from a community pantry. In the corner, a family huddled around a small child who looked pale and feverish.
The man wrote: Martinez family. Daughter has diabetes. Needs insulin. Parents are undocumented. Level Two flags them for deportation. Level One means no healthcare access.
Henry looked at the child. At the parents. At the desperation in their eyes.
The man wrote one more line: You built a system that saves some people and abandons others. You get to decide which category we fall into.
Henry called an emergency meeting at the community center they used as headquarters. Jinji arrived first, carrying her laptop and a stack of printouts. Vincent came twenty minutes later, his priest's collar visible under his jacket. Claire joined by video call from the hospital where she was consulting on Verax integration.
“We have a problem,” Jinji said, pulling up a dashboard. “The opt-out rate is higher than projected. Seventeen percent of the population has chosen Level One—privacy, no system participation.”
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