"You don't understand," Silas stammered, sweat beading on his forehead. "I just needed five more minutes. I was late for the transport. If I miss it, she leaves."

"Let me tell you a story, Silas," Bob said, signaling the bartender for a water. "Ten years ago, a man tried to stop a shuttle crash by reversing time by three seconds. Noble, right? But he didn't account for the lag in the traffic grid. He saved the shuttle, but he desynchronized the city's power core. Three thousand people froze in a blackout that lasted a month."

He adjusted the cuffs of his charcoal-grey coat—a fabric that rippled slightly, deflecting the perpetual rain—and checked the manifest on his retinal display. He wasn’t a cop, not exactly. He was an "Adjuster" for the Tribunal.

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