Nika sat back. The cursor blinked on an empty message box at the bottom of the page: Send message to [IN_FLIGHT]:
The domain name hung in the air like a dare: icarus.edu.ge . icarus.edu.ge
Inside was a virtual learning environment frozen in time. The last course update was dated June 12, 2008. Courses with names like FLIGHT101_Theory_of_Aspiration and MECH204_Wax_and_Composite_Materials . Nika clicked on the student roster. Ninety-three names. Ninety-two of them had a status: [GROUNDED] . The ninety-third: [IN_FLIGHT] . Nika sat back
The video was shaky, filmed on a phone from the late 2000s. A young man—maybe twenty, with dark hair and intense eyes—stood on the roof of a building overlooking Tbilisi. The Mtkvari River glittered behind him like a serpent of molten silver. The last course update was dated June 12, 2008
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