Zara approaches our family with visible urgency eight months after joining Second Ledger's newly established Digital Protection Division.
"I found something connected to the original digital identity network," she reports, spreading complex technical documentation across our familiar strategy table. "A backup system I hadn't previously identified, still actively operating despite the network's formal dismantlement."
"How is that possible?" Margaret asks, professional concern immediately engaging. "We secured comprehensive evidence, confirmed complete network shutdown."
"They built redundancy into their infrastructure," Zara explains. "A secondary system, completely isolated from what we originally investigated, apparently designed specifically as insurance against exactly the kind of la
