The exception was discovered by the Aegis app itself. A solitary, green data point thudding in a surround of red on the edge of Brasov. Not recovery. An avoidance. The patient, "Male, 40-45, construction," had entered a daily wellness check 47 days in a row. All symptom boxes are empty. All readings—self-reported temperature, oxygen saturation—sparklingly, unbelievably normal.
To the app's AI, it was a statistical anomaly, probably an entry error or user joke. To Lyra Sable, her breath stammering in the silence of the pre-dawn command center, it was a cry of the sirens. In a world disintegrating under the plague's grasp, a flawless immune history was not serendipitous. It was impossible.
"Jax," she continued, her voice commanding the buzz of servers. "I want all this user."
An hour went
