The room was quiet in the way only control rooms ever were, filled with screens, and data streams. Director Hale stood at the center table, hands braced on its edge, eyes fixed on the footage looping in front of them.
"It's been more than a week," Hale said. "And we still don't know anything related to Xavier."
No one answered right away.
"We don't have a finalized chargesheet," Hale continued. "We don't have a jurisdictional claim strong enough to hold him long-term. And we cannot keep someone in this facility for more than two weeks without formal cause, no matter how uncomfortable they make us."
One of the analysts shifted in their chair. "Blackwood filed an initial damage report, but they haven't pushed for extradition or prosecution."
"That's because Lucian Blackwood hasn't made any statements regarding the matter," Hale said. "And without it, none of their branches will make the first move. They will have to answer the board members and the investors, after all."
