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The weight of that lands.
Hard.
Because now—
this isn’t about stopping me.
It’s about surviving me.
He turns to Aaron.
Like maybe—
just maybe—
he’s the weak point.
“You’d let her do this?”
Aaron doesn’t hesitate.
Not even for a second.
“Yes.”
That word hits harder than anything else in the room.
Because it’s not strategy.
It’s not agreement.
It’s trust.
Unquestioned.
Absolute.
The Oversight man exhales slowly.
“You think this ends with you?” he says to me. “You think exposure fixes power?”
He still believes he’s right.
That’s what makes him dangerous.
“No,” I say.
I meet his eyes.
And for the first time—
he’s the one being seen.
“I think it makes it expensive to be you.”
Silence.
Then I turn.
