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But every time I break through one layer—
Another firewall appears.
Stronger.
Smarter.
Adaptive.
Sentinel didn’t build this.
He built the foundation.
She built the evolution.
And suddenly—
I understand something.
“Oh.”
Boone glances at me.
“What?”
“She didn’t just copy Sentinel’s system.”
“What did she do?”
“She let it learn.”
Boone frowns.
“That sounds bad.”
“It is.”
Because the system isn’t just executing commands anymore.
It’s predicting interference.
Adjusting.
Defending itself.
Like an immune system attacking a virus.
And right now—
I’m the virus.
The timer drops.
07:58
Gunfire erupts again across the room.
Boone leans out and fires twice.
