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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 12:
The Hypocrite's Proposal
Henry returned to the community center to find Logan Edwards at the main terminal, his silhouette cut against a wall of crimson error codes. Jinji and Vincent weren’t just working; they were trapped in the clinical glare of Logan’s report.
“The Northeast medical grid is collapsing,” Logan said. “Not from lack of fuel. Your system won’t let engineers sign off on a bypass without triggering a Level 3 purge.
"The 'Quiet' isn't a protest anymore. It's a body count. We soften the system or Sector A goes dark by morning."
"Stop," Henry commanded, his voice hoarse from the cold and the endless silence of the Quiet Zone.
Jinji didn’t look up.
"We're decontaminating.” she said. "You introduced a lie into the only pure signal source on Earth. Verax is compromised. It has to be destroyed before your Palliative becomes the next excuse."
"The Palliative saved Sector A from freezing!" Henry shouted.
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