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“Then you know better than anyone that systems don’t stay pure just because their creators meant well.”
Her face changed.
He had found the wound. Henry said, “Enough.”
The door opened behind them. Everyone turned.
Claire had left it unlatched after Logan entered. Now she stood in the doorway to the hall, phone in hand, hospital ID still around her neck. Her face was pale with exhaustion.
“I came as soon as I could,” she said. Then she saw Logan.
“What’s he doing here?”
Henry said, “Claire...”
“No. Absolutely not.”
Logan lowered his eyes. Claire stepped into the room.
“I spent the last four hours in a pediatric ward watching monitors flatten because something changed in the system. Mothers who couldn’t say their children were going home could suddenly say, ‘I’m here. I love you. We’re going to get through the next minute.’”
Her voice shook.
“I knew it was you.”
Henry said, “Sector A was freezing.” “I know.”
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