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“I know where to find them,” Jinji said. “The internet is full of people who’ve been lied to. Governments, employees, families. They’re angry. Ready. We just give them a weapon.”
Henry thought of his mother. Of the careful lies he’d told at her funeral.
“When do we start?”
Jinji turned her laptop toward him.
A simple interface filled the screen: a microphone icon, a thin horizontal meter.
“We already have.
“Say something true,” she said.
Henry swallowed.
“My name is Henry Talbot. And I’m terrified this is a mistake.”
The meter held steady. Green.
“Now something false.”
He hesitated, then said, “I know exactly what I’m doing.” The meter flashed red.
Jinji smiled faintly. “It works.”
Vincent stared at the screen. “God help us.”
Henry didn’t look away.
“Three months. Less if we push. Then we deploy.” “Who do we target?” Vincent asked.
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