A small group had gathered: Mrs. Kader, Jalen, the boy—now a lanky teenager—and three others Aria recognized only by the patterns of their lives: a nightclub bartender with flour on her nails, a retired schoolteacher who still wore her uniform blouse, and a courier with a permanent crease across his palms. None of them spoke as she joined the circle. A woman with silvered hair, who introduced herself as Malaya, held an old laptop with a sticker reading WebDL.