Janus Zero Hour

A before-school program tells families that it can predict which students will succeed. The friends use the watch to visit cities where adults control every hour of a child’s day. They return tired, divided, and unwilling to let their own school make the same bargain.

The prediction system promises help before anyone fails. It also turns every late arrival, unfinished assignment, and private worry into data. To break it, the friends must understand how the system sees them—and resist becoming the versions of themselves it has already decided to punish.

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