Between Giants

Sentinel BioTech HQ, ManilaTuesday – 10:00 AM

The second day of the week came with its own rhythm—a little quicker, a little louder. The calm efficiency of Monday had given way to a more accelerated pace inside Sentinel BioTech. Teams were moving faster, phones were ringing more frequently, and emails were stacking up faster than anyone could respond.

But in the executive office, things remained composed.

Matthew sat at his desk, scrolling through an internal report from the Titan Mk-II integration team. His coffee, barely touched, sat beside him. The update was promising—firmware optimization had shaved latency by another 3.2 milliseconds, and new magnetic dampeners showed signs of reducing limb vibration at peak speed.

He should've been impressed.