Nathan had been monitoring the surveillance feeds for exactly three hours and forty-seven minutes when he finally spoke.
The training had gone exactly as Kevin had predicted—a four-hour orientation covering seventeen camera angles, fourteen motion detection thresholds, and a color-coded threat identification system that Nathan had picked up faster than anyone expected. "Pattern recognition," Kevin had explained when Sophie asked how Nathan had learned so quickly. "He's been identifying emotional patterns in Lucas's ear shade progression for months. Threat identification uses the same cognitive pathways. The skills are transferable."
