He leans against the console beside me.
“So the system that almost destroyed Los Angeles…”
“…is now evolving.”
“Yes.”
“Should we be worried?”
“I don’t know.”
He watches the code scroll across the screen.
Then glances at me.
“You look like you already decided the answer.”
I sigh quietly.
“Sentinel believed systems should survive their creators.”
Boone nods.
“You mentioned that.”
“Well…”
I gesture toward the screen.
“This one just did.”
We both stare at the monitor.
The observer node runs silently in the background.
Scanning.
Analyzing.
Rewriting small pieces of the architecture.
Improving efficiency.
Strengthening security.
Doing exactly what it was designed to do.
But now—
It’s doing it without anyone controlling it.
Boone breaks the silence.
“So what happens now?”
I close the laptop slowly.
“That’s the question.”
