Reynolds's P.O.V

The data stream on my primary monitor was a predictable, rhythmic flow of network traffic and system diagnostics. The data stream from the school's internal security feed, piped to a secondary screen, was significantly less predictable. It was a morass of adolescent hormonal fluctuations and social posturing. Inefficient. But necessary.

I’d been monitoring the Jax variable since the cafeteria incident. His biometrics, extrapolated from the poor-quality feed and ...