"What something else?"
"A program labeled 'Mirror Protocol.'"
"What does it do?"
"I have no idea. But judging by the complexity, it's something Sophie developed herself."
"A four-year-old doesn't develop classified software protocols."
"This four-year-old does."
Agent Kim receives an incoming communication.
"Dr. Vale? This is Director Walsh. We're tracking the extraction team. They're heading toward a private airport in Queens."
"Can you intercept them?"
"Negative. The empathy broadcast has affected our tactical response teams. They're experiencing too much emotional distress to engage in combat operations."
"What kind of emotional distress?"
"They're feeling what it's like to separate children from their families. Most of them can't stop crying long enough to aim weapons."
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