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Sharon
Overview
Parisa contacts Sharon Ward to access the Society’s tracking database for Atlas Blakely. She leverages a promise to save Sharon’s ailing daughter, pushing Sharon to bypass protocol with her administrative access. Sharon decides to help, marking a quiet but pivotal breach in Society security to locate Atlas.
Summary
Sharon Ward receives a call from Parisa Kamali while at work, initially assuming it might concern her daughter Maggie or routine matters. Parisa asks Sharon to look up Atlas Blakely in the Society’s tracking database, a request Sharon reflexively rejects due to strict rules and approvals.
Parisa then claims she can save Maggie, clarifying she can proceed without Sharon’s help but that cooperation would make it easier. Confronted with the possibility of a cure, Sharon quickly abandons hesitation and asks for the target. Parisa names Atlas Blakely without delay.
Recognizing the vast bureaucratic barriers and Ford’s overloaded oversight, Sharon chooses to bypass protocol. She resolves to use her administrative password to access the necessary records, effectively agreeing to help Parisa locate Atlas in exchange for the chance to save Maggie.
Who Appears
- Sharon WardSociety logistics officer; contacted by Parisa; agrees to bypass protocol to track Atlas to save her daughter.
- Parisa KamaliTelepath; calls Sharon to find Atlas in the Society’s database, promising to save Sharon’s daughter.
- Atlas BlakelyTarget of the tracking search Parisa requests through Sharon.
- MaggieSharon’s ailing daughter; Parisa’s promise to save her motivates Sharon’s compliance.
- FordOverseeing Society bureaucracy; too overwhelmed to notice Sharon’s impending breach.