He turns away.
“Status,” he says.
“Package is secured,” the man replies.
“Condition?”
“Unharmed.”
Of course.
Sentinel doesn’t damage leverage.
Not unless it serves a purpose.
“And Keller?” the man adds carefully.
There it is.
The question everyone eventually asks.
Sentinel pauses.
Not because he needs to think.
Because the answer matters.
“Keller is where he needs to be,” he says.
Which is true.
Even if it’s not complete.
The man hesitates. “Contained?”
Sentinel’s gaze shifts slightly.
Cool.
Measured.
“Useful.”
That’s the only classification that matters.
A beat of silence follows.
Because everyone in the room understands what that means.
Keller isn’t a loose end.
He’s an asset.
Whether he wants to be or not.
“He broke faster than expected,” the man says.
Sentinel considers that.
