The public found B.H. before the witness door opened.
It started with a cropped screenshot, passed through three feeds, then returned to the shelter as if the strangers outside had earned a place at the table. The crop showed two letters and none of the room around them. No cot. No dinosaur under Mason's arm. No Jade holding the tablet low so the child stayed out of frame.
Two letters were enough.
Search boxes began finishing the phrase for people who had never seen Mercy General and had never heard Ty's voice. Bone Half came first. Body Holder followed. Borrowed Hero came from an account that sold rescue clips with soft music under them, and that one made Waddell set his tablet face down.
"I need five seconds before I touch that feed again."
Jade looked at his hands. They were flat on the table, fingers spread, held there by choice rather than calm.
"Take three, then come back with useful hands."
