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“Yes,” she says.
A pause.
“But I’m going to be… different.”
I nod slowly.
Because I already know that.
Because I can feel it in myself, too.
“So am I,” I say.
She turns her head, studying me.
Not questioning.
Measuring.
Understanding.
“Good.”
And somehow—
that word feels like the beginning of something.
Not the end.
94
Interlude — The World
They call it The Kade Leak.
At first—
like it’s just another story.
Another headline.
Another crisis to scroll past.
But it doesn’t fade.
It expands.
Files surface across continents.
Governments scramble.
Agencies fracture.
Names—powerful, untouchable names—begin to fall.
Not accused.
Not suspected.
