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The Fired Apprentice

Words: 1236 · Source Novel:: Whispers in the Static

Fei Xinsheng, a former press worker dismissed for erratic behavior, appears in the Abacus’s threat matrix as a predicted kidnapper. Eng traces the prediction’s source to coded whispers in the telegraph lines and discovers that prejudice against Fei’s rural dialect and mental state skewed the data. Eng races to find Fei before the prophecy consumes him, but the pressure of being watched pushes Fei toward a desperate act.