SABLE Impressive. You notice the little things. Most people only see the big bangs.

ILEA You and Roo take field. Tactics?

Cut to: transit hub. Morning rush. Glass-and-steel, a thousand lives threaded through turnstiles. Roo moves like a literal live wire through commuters, fingertips humming. Maya blends—no theatrical cape, only economy of motion.

MAYA We’re here.

MAYA So do we.

Maya watches the simulation spread to public terminals across the city, flooding screens with calm, instructive guidance. For a moment, the atrium feels less like a command hub and more like a classroom, a shelter, a living organism.

ILEA Central doesn’t just stop threats. We make systems stronger so threats can’t turn them into weapons.

Roo grins and snaps her fingers; the holographic map flickers into an animated training module: simple steps anyone can follow when momentum breaks—small, communal routines to keep people safe.