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just had faith, if we just tried hard enough, God would provide a way. But maybe we're not supposed to survive this."
"Stop it," Logan said. He was looking at his phone, at the photo of his daughter. "Extraction won't save her either. If we fail Graduation, we all fail. There's no escape hatch. No backup plan." He laughed bitterly. "I spent my whole career finding angles, exploiting loopholes, making the numbers work. And none of it matters. We're all going to die because we can't figure out how to be honest without destroying ourselves."
Henry couldn't speak. Couldn't move. This was his fault. He'd convinced them to try. He'd sold them on the possibility of Graduation. He'd led them here, to this moment, where they had one hour left and no idea how to fix what was broken.
The weight of seven billion lives pressed down on him. All those people who'd voted for Graduation, who'd trusted that humanity could prove itself worthy. All those children who'd never get to grow up. All because he'd been arrogant enough to think he could solve this.
"We've been thinking about this wrong."
Claire's voice cut through the chaos. She was standing now, her daughter beside her, both of them looking at the failed simulation with something that wasn't quite despair.
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