Eaton's optical sensors tracked the small figure scaling the drainage pipe with impressive agility. The boy moved with practiced efficiency, each handhold chosen perfectly despite the pre-dawn darkness. Most observers would have missed him entirely — which was, Eaton's processors concluded, precisely the point.
His analysis protocols had been following t…
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