The Seoul Intercept

An Intercepted Communication (Audio Transcript)

  Source: Unsecured channel timestamped 03:14 GMT. Frequency originates near a known Dragon safehouse, Seoul.

  Speakers: Two, designated WHISPER and ECHO. Both females. Audio is clear but strained.

  (Sound of rain against a windowpane, a distant siren.)

  WHISPER: Did you see her? The new one? The one they pulled out of the New York incident.
  ECHO: The one with the eyes, yes. They all have the eyes eventually. All that buzzing... it leaves a mark.
  WHISPER: It's not just the buzzing. It's... the chaos. She doesn't just act, she unravels. We gave her a simple task: observe the Templar patrol. Standard intelligence gathering.
  ECHO: And?
  WHISPER: She bought a hot dog from a street vendor.
  ECHO: (A long pause) I don't understand.
  WHISPER: Neither did the Templars. They were so busy trying to analyze the 'variable'—the unexpected mustard, the sudden change in foot traffic, the vendor who shouldn't have been there—that they missed the
  entire Orochi convoy passing two blocks away. She didn't fight them. She didn't hide from them. She just... introduced a contradiction. A beautiful, meaningless, perfect little piece of chaos.
  ECHO: The turtle dreams of a nine-branched river.
  WHISPER: Exactly. She's a natural. It's terrifying.
  (Sound of a cup being placed gently on a saucer.)
  ECHO: It's not terrifying. It's hope.

  (Transcript ends.)