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“All from a wellness patch,” Vincent said quietly.
Henry heard the accusation beneath it.
“Yes,” he said.
Jinji said, “You made people comfortable wearing a door into their own nervous system.”
“I helped market a stress device.”
“You normalized the door,” she said. “I found the lock.”
Henry stood and paced once across the room.
“No. Even if the software worked, which it doesn’t, you can’t force people to wear it.”
“I don’t have to force everyone.”
“Then it changes nothing.”
Jinji smiled faintly.
“You’re a communications man. You know better.”
She tapped the screen. A map appeared. Pharmacies. corporate wellness programs. airports. insurance networks. schools.
“You don’t start with everyone. You start where trust is already broken.”
Henry looked at the map.
“Finance,” she said. “Politics. Corporate compliance. dating apps. hiring platforms. Insurance. Security screening.”
Vincent folded his arms. “Voluntary?”
“At first.”
“At first?”
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