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“I’ll handle strategy and optics,” Logan said. “Figure out how to sell this to the holdouts. Though I’m not sure it matters. If the system doesn’t work, the pitch is irrelevant.”
“It matters,” Henry said. “We need buy-in. We need people to believe this can work.”
“I’ll handle technical feasibility,” Jinji said. “Build the actual architecture. But I’m going to need help. This is too big for one person. And I’m going to be honest about the limitations. No more pretending I can build perfect systems.”
“I’ll work on the moral framework,” Vincent said. “The principles that underlie the whole thing. What we’re actually trying to achieve, not just how we’re trying to achieve it.”
“And I’ll hold the vision,” Henry said. “On what we’re building and why.”
They worked through the night, pulling in experts, running simulations, stress-testing every assumption. The Tiered Truth System evolved, became more sophisticated, more nuanced. They added accountability mechanisms, appeal processes, sunset clauses for regulations that might become obsolete.
It was Logan who realized they were missing something.
“We need Claire,” he said, looking up from a spreadsheet of implementation timelines. “We need someone who can speak for the people who aren’t in this room. Who aren’t experts or philosophers or politicians. Someone who can explain why this matters in terms normal people can understand.”
Henry pulled out his phone. Claire answered on the second ring.
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