Moss removes her ruined white coat calmly while technicians stare at her in relief.
“The Americans extracted twenty-three children,” she says quietly.
“Gabriel Petrescu is confirmed alive.”
A pause.
“And Hannah remembers the river network.”
That part finally matters.
Wu walks slowly toward the massive digital wall displaying Sentinel infrastructure across Europe.
Ports.
Routes.
Black sites.
Some already dark.
Compromised.
He studies the collapsing network in silence.
Then:
“Did she remember Project Ascension?”
The room stills instantly.
Even Moss hesitates.
“No.”
Wu nods once.
Good.
Because if Hannah remembered Ascension…everything changes.
Moss steps closer carefully.
“She’s becoming unstable.”
A pause.
“The overlap episodes are accelerating faster than expected.”
Wu watches Hannah’s frozen image on the surveillance monitor.
“No,” he says softly.
“She’s becoming herself again.”
That finally unsettles Moss.
“Sir… if Subject Thirteen fully reintegrates her memory structure—”
