Brandon’s POVThe worst part about knowing you are being studied is not the cameras or the threats or even the manipulation, but the quiet awareness that somewhere, someone believes they understand you better than you understand yourself, and that realization does not just irritate you, it challenges you, because suddenly every choice feels like a performance and every reaction feels like it might be recorded, categorized, and analyzed.Cameron and I did not talk much as we walked back across campus after leaving security, because the information Peter gave us had shifted everything from personal to strategic, and once something becomes strategic, emotions have to be managed carefully rather than indulged.“They profiled us,” Cameron said finally, his voice controlled but tight. “Attachment bonds. Emotional volatility. Competitive instincts. That means they watched long before the camera.”“Yes,” I replied evenly, keeping my pace steady. “Which means this did not begin with Peter.”He
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