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Nicholas Boothman
"Let them take it. I'm done. I built it. I deployed it. I can't fix the problems it created. So let someone else try."
"Henry, you can't just walk away—"
"I'm not walking away. I'm admitting that I don't have all the answers. That my system isn't perfect. That someone else might do better."
"Or they might do worse."
"Then that's their responsibility. Not mine."
He hung up.
His phone buzzed immediately. The unknown number:
ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL ACTIVE
12 HOURS REMAINING
EXHAUSTED ADMISSION ACKNOWLEDGED PREPARE FOR FINAL EVALUATION LOCATION: FEDERAL RESERVE BUILDING TIME: 12:00 PM
Henry stared at the message. Final evaluation. Whatever that meant.
He started walking toward downtown. Toward the Federal Reserve Building. Toward whatever came next.
At 11:47 AM, Henry stood outside the Federal Reserve Building, watching news crews set up for the press conference. Inside, government officials were preparing to
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