"We have resources. International contacts. Families with diplomatic connections. We could coordinate something that looks like a tragic accident during the evacuation."
"People could actually die if something goes wrong," Thomas said.
"People will definitely die if we do nothing and these agencies come for us."
Marcus looked at his daughter planning a mass fake death with the same analytical precision she'd used to solve Rebecca's encryption.
"When did you start thinking about this?" he asked quietly.
"When I realized my cognitive abilities made me more valuable to them than the empathy network ever did. Pattern recognition means I could break any encryption, solve any puzzle, identify any weakness in their systems."
She met his eyes.
"I'm not just an enhanced individual anymore, M
