Her old partner, Agent Mercer, speaks through the desk speaker. MERCER (V.O.) She’s been in Berlin, but our trace puts her back in your sector. Kate… we need you to bring her in. Not kill. Bring. Kate stares at June’s face — younger now, but eyes unchanged: half rebellion, half ghost. KATE (whispers) You never learn, do you, June?
Kate freezes.
She taps the file — a grainy video shows a woman in a red jacket touching a stranger’s temple in a subway car. The stranger smiles, then weeps.
Kate, then a cadet, reported June. June fled. Their friendship shattered. INT. MEMORY INTEGRITY BUREAU - NIGHT
Fluorescent lights hum over Kate Truu’s desk. A notification pings: .
It’s June Liu.