Eaton's internal chronometer read 5:43 AM as he approached the New Plymouth Central Athletic Grounds. The rising sun cast long shadows behind the Fairchild Memorial Arch that marked the entrance, its brass plaque still gleaming after seventy years: “Dedicated to Those Who Built Our Capital.”
His optical sensors detected movement on the track - a solitary…
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