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The Specks Mutation

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Cedric Specks, a rival inmate from the east wing, refuses Estes’ code. He gathers a faction of former gang members and proposes a counter-law: "only the strong take, but they must share to keep peace." A brutal war erupts in the mess hall. Mitchell is caught between—his legal training useless, his bloodline (his father was a corrupt DA who freed killers for bribes) urging him to pick a side for survival. He watches a child inmate, the son of a murdered guard, be claimed by both factions as a "token of legitimacy." The boy’s eyes hold the same cold calculation Mitchell saw in his own childhood mirror.