Day 189: Seventeen Folders

July 08, 2026

"Marshall abandons indirect tests and asks Bentham point-blank: loyal to him or to Dad? Bentham dodges until Marshall springs a specific trap about last Tuesday, revealing Bentham has been keeping a secret archive of Marshall's mistakes — locked from Dad. The week ends with the first concrete evidence of where Bentham's loyalty lands, and the most unsettling possible framing of it."