"This is exactly what we fled from. Coordinating, organizing, making ourselves targets."
"We fled from being controlled," Sophie corrected. "There's a difference between being controlled and choosing to fight."
Marcus looked at his notebook of reversal research, at Sophie's encrypted communication protocol, at the small kitchen where they played at being normal people.
"What if Aria is right? What if reaching out endangers everyone?"
"What if she's wrong?" Sophie countered. "What if some families are about to be discovered, and a warning could save them? What if children are showing abilities they can't hide, and parents don't know how to help?"
She held up her communication protocol.
"We have the tools to help. Using them is risky. But not using them means people might die who we co
