Present Day - Tuesday Evening, 6 PM
The secure conference room at FBI headquarters feels like a fishbowl, with Sophie at the center and a dozen government analysts studying her every move.
Aria watches through one-way glass as her daughter sits at a child-sized table, cheerfully solving puzzles that would challenge MIT professors.
"She's been at this for three hours," Agent Kim says beside her. "No signs of fatigue or frustration."
"Because it's not work for her. It's play."
On the other side of the glass, Sophie arranges colored blocks into patterns that represent advanced quantum mechanics principles.
She hums while she works, completely unaware that each arrangement she creates is being photographed and analyzed by teams of government scientists.
"Dr. Vale, we need to discuss Sop
