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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 5:
The Pressure Cooker
Six weeks of refining, closing loopholes, watching Verax
evolve into something that could change the world.
They worked out of Jinji's apartment, a cramped two-
bedroom in a building that should have been condemned
years ago. Whiteboards covered the walls. Code everywhere.
The floor buried in coffee cups and takeout containers.
Henry moved in after the first week. Claire brought food
every few days and asked hard questions about ethics and
consequences. Vincent came by in the evenings to provide
what he called "spiritual oversight" and what Jinji called
"philosophical buzzkill."
They tested Verax on themselves first. That was the deal.
No one else would face the truth until they had.
The results were brutal.
Henry discovered he still loved Rachel. He resented his
sister for being right. He feared failure more than he wanted
success.
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