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Passing the System
Author: Timmie Grey
last update2026-05-02 16:33:54

POV: Jennifer Reeves

We met Priya at a coffee shop three blocks from the university. She was already there when Ethan and I arrived, sitting at a corner table with tea she hadn't touched.

"Thanks for meeting us," I said.

"You said it was important."

"It is."

Ethan and I sat down across from her. She looked calmer than I expected. She’s still wary, but the immediate panic from two weeks ago was gone.

"How's the reinstatement going?" I asked.

"Good.” She said, her face almost expressionless. “It’
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