📘 CHAPTER 22 — THE RESEARCH CALL
The internal call bell rang at three o'clock in the afternoon. Not an alarm. Just a standard notification: Incoming Call — Data Lead Office Lam clicked ANSWER. — — Hello, — the voice on the other end was clear and formal. — This is Ha, the data analysis team leader. I'd like to discuss Event S21-4467. The event name — what the system calls an interaction distribution deviation — didn't startle Lam. Just… surprise. — — Yes… hello, — Lam replied. — Can you hear me? — Yes, — Ha continued. — You're the one who created the Manual Anchor for Subject 512-03-7741, right? She didn't ask "why." She only asked: "You did it." Lam didn't answer immediately. Not because he hesitated. But he understood: this wasn't a question— it was a scientific question. — —Yes,—he said.—I did. —A
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