“But you also activated the observer node permanently.”
Cold spreads through my chest.
“What does that mean?”
Her smile returns.
“It means Sentinel’s system is now fully awake.”
River frowns.
“That doesn’t mean anything.”
The woman tilts her head.
“Oh, it means everything.”
She looks back at me one last time.
“You didn’t shut the system down.”
“You evolved it.”
The agents pull her toward the waiting helicopter.
But her final words drift across the rooftop.
“And systems that evolve…”
“…eventually choose their own purpose.”
She disappears into the aircraft.
The helicopter lifts into the night.
Leaving silence behind.
River exhales slowly.
“Well.”
Gage folds his arms.
“That sounded ominous.”
Cyclone nods.
“Very ominous.”
Boone looks down at me.
“You alright?”
I stare at the skyline again.
Thinking about Sentinel.
About the observer node.
