Second Ledger occupies its own building now, a converted community space three blocks from the Exchange, funded partly through collective restitution contributions and partly through grants Mira spent considerable effort securing once our initiative demonstrated genuine, sustained impact.
I arrive early on a Tuesday morning, coffee in hand, watching Renn already deep in conversation with a new arrival, someone recently identified through Reyes's continuously expanding investigation.
"Twenty-six states now," Renn tells me later, settling into his office chair with the exhausted satisfaction of someone doing genuinely meaningful work. "The network extended considerably further than any of us originally imagined. But we're finding them. Every facility, every family, eventually."
"How many
