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Children, as a general rule, were not considered a security concern. They were considered a logistical one. They wandered. They climbed things they shouldn’t. They asked questions that required answers no one had time to give properly. They existed in a constant state of low-level unpredictability that the zoo managed through signage, barriers, and the…
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The call came through just after midnight. Aster was already moving before the radio finished speaking. “…male, agitated, possible injury.” He didn’t need the rest. The direction was enough. Not the words, but the shape of the problem. A disturbance that hadn’t resolved when it should have. Something holding tension instead of releasing it. He…
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Aster wore the radio because it was part of the uniform. That was, as far as anyone could tell, the extent of his relationship with it. Malik had been working nights long enough to develop a healthy respect for systems. Not trust – that would have been optimistic – but respect. Systems were what stopped…
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