The Unspoken Accord
In the center, a monitor displayed a grid of four live video feeds.
1. Evelyn, in the estate’s formal library, pounding on a locked door, her face a mask of furious frustration.
2. Kunle, in the command van, fingers flying across keyboards as error messages bloomed across his screens like digital poison.
3. Strom, moving through the darkened halls of the conference centre above, his path subtly blocked by security grilles sliding shut just ahead of him.
4. Themselves, from a camera in the ceiling of this very room.
Bryce’s voice, calm and evaluative, filled the space. “A system is only as strong as its most dependent component. Observe the dependencies under stress. Identify the point of fai