Silence fills the radio.
Then Boone’s voice cuts in.
“You’re saying someone’s been building this thing for ten years?”
“Yes.”
Adam’s voice lowers slightly.
“Who started it?”
I hesitate.
Then say the name.
“Sentinel.”
The radio goes completely silent.
For several seconds no one speaks.
Then Boone’s voice finally comes through.
Low.
Controlled.
“Explain.”
I stare at the files again.
At the architecture hidden inside the code.
“At some point Sentinel designed a distributed civilian response network.”
“For disasters?”
“Originally.”
“And now?”
“Now someone else is finishing it.”
Adam exhales slowly over the radio.
“The Architect.”
“Yes.”
Russ mutters something under his breath.
“Great.”
Boone’s voice returns.
“What’s the endgame?”
I look at the leadership probability field again.
