But what do you know?
Instead of gaining clarity, the already stressed doctor only spiraled further when snippets from the battle at Zone Four began spreading.
At that point, Brent had already reached out to several peers under the guise of casual academic curiosity, asking whether anyone had ever noticed anomalies related to those indicators. Dots that behaved strangely. Readings that did not quite behave as expected. Nothing specific. Nothing incriminating.
Because how exactly was he supposed to explain why he was suddenly asking about dots?
Unsurprisingly, without context or urgency, there simply weren't enough people willing or able to comb through mountains of old footage just to stare at dots on a screen.
So he kept studying on his own.
And then he saw it.
Duke Leander's display of power.
Brent paused the footage more times than he cared to admit, replaying certain moments with a frown slowly carving itself deeper into his face.
