1. Graham Whitaker stands near the window of his polished office while Derek Lawson, Linda Pritchard, Sharon Mills, Donna Reeves, Nathan Cole, and Ethan Carter face one another around a table covered with binders and reports. Wednesday, two weeks after reinstatement, 16:03 — Authority Loop By four o’clock the room contained enough evidence to force action in any healthy company.

    Wednesday, two weeks after reinstatement, 16:03 — Authority Loop

    Graham Whitaker stands near the window of his polished office while Derek Lawson, Linda Pritchard, Sharon Mills, Donna Reeves, Nathan Cole, and Ethan Carter face one another around a table covered with binders and reports.
  2. Linda Pritchard, Sharon Mills, and Donna Reeves sit in tense silence around a faux-wood conference table with comparison printouts, legal pads, a water pitcher, and binders. Hot afternoon light filters through closed blinds. The following Monday, 14:26 — Concern, Properly Framed Linda had always believed that panic announced itself loudly in other people and quietly in herself.

    The following Monday, 14:26 — Concern, Properly Framed

    Linda Pritchard, Sharon Mills, and Donna Reeves sit in tense silence around a faux-wood conference table with comparison printouts, legal pads, a water pitcher, and binders. Hot afternoon light filters through closed blinds.