A room of impossible white awakens. It is a space scrubbed clean of mercy, where the only sound is a cold, fluorescent hum. Here, Kate finds herself on a slick white panel, a stranger among strangers. There is Simon, the explosive private eye, and Mrs. Paley, an aging mathematician whose name is a subtle nod to real-world theorems. Each wears their profession like armor, but beneath it, fear an...
