an undercity roofline in acid rain · The handoff goes wrong and the sni…

Rain turns the roof slick, the package is already gone, and Caitlyn realizes Vi saw the sniper half a second before she did.

Vi shoves her behind the ventilation stack before either of them can argue about it, then gets angry only because fear is moving faster than speech.

• •Caitlyn has to choose whether to trust Vi’s instinct over the original mission brief.
• •The failed handoff exposes that one of their own sold the route.
• •A near confession gets interrupted by incoming footsteps on the fire escape.