TESTIFY. Four years after her diagnosis, the court subpoenaed Sera to testify in a war crimes trial. The defendant was one of the Architect’s former operatives. Humans. Had run three facilities where wolves were experimented on. They attributed sixty-two deaths to his actions. “She can’t testify,” Marcus told the prosecutors. “She has advanced dementia. She won’t remember.” “She’s the only surviving witness who saw the facilities. Who documented the operations? We need her testimony.” “She doesn’t remember yesterday. How will she remember events from twenty years ago?” “Long-term memory often persists longer than short-term memory. We’ll work with her limitations. But we need her.” Sera agreed to testify. Not because she remembered clearly. Because the prosecutor said sixty-two wolv

