Day 243: You Are Paragraph Fourteen

August 31, 2026

"At the science fair setup, Bentham confirms the school AV network is live and routing Marshall's presentation data to the UCSF study — making Marshall an active Subject M while he presents his research on being Subject M. Bentham then reports that Dad's building badge activated thirty-eight minutes before the fair opens, and that he filed a formal acknowledgement before entering — he read the form first. Marshall recognizes his own method reflected in his father's paperwork."