**Western Michigan – Three Months Later**
A former Morgan safehouse now stood transformed: its bulletproof windows replaced with sunlit glass, its panic room turned into a children's reading nook.
Above the door, a new sign gleamed:
**LUPINE CENTER – Legal Aid. Safety. Second Chances.**
Inside, Arthur knelt beside a group of teenagers, walking them through a basic Python script. “Every line you write is a wall between you and the life they told you was inevitable."
One kid raised a hand. “But what if we mess up?"
Arthur smirked. “Then you debug, not disappear."
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**Down the hall**
Sophie stood in a modest office with stacked case files and a whiteboard scribbled with witness protection plans. She coordinated with ex-agents, advocates, trauma counselors.
They called it **LUPINE*
