The three-block radius of the localized electromagnetic failure was absolute. Inside that invisible boundary, every digital lens retracted, every screen went black, and every broadcasting rig failed simultaneously.
But the fourth block was not affected. Nor was the fifth, nor the high-rise office windows situated just outside the immediate drop zone of Liam Scott's annoyance.
Because of this simple geographical mathematics, the footage of Liam's exit from the JP Morgan headquarters hit LucidNet before the paralyzed reporters standing on the immediate pavement even realized their equipment had rebooted.
The uploads did not come from people staring out of fourth-floor conference rooms across the avenue.
The angles varied, the resolutions differed, but the sequence of events was captured in flawless, overlapping redundancy.
