The AOI camera network, known as “KEL,” recorded them leaving the library. Facial recognition matched, and KEL’s algorithms quickly assigned a risk level to the group. Only Nelson had any idea that such a thing was happening. Runit and Grandyn had a vague knowledge of cameras, but were oblivious to the profiling. Their meeting that day achieved a level four risk. A number low enough not to be tagged, but uncomfortably close to a five, which would have garnered extra attention. Normally a father-son lunch would have been a zero. The elevation to a four came because books were involved, and
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