subjectArgus Panoptes — "the all-seeing"
eyesone hundred. never all closed at once.
employerHera. wife of Zeus. jealous. correctly.
assignmentguard one cow. the cow was a girlfriend. long story.
incidentHermes sat down and told him a story until every eye closed. then killed him.
dispositioneyes transferred to a peacock's tail. still there.
legacythe first surveillance contract in recorded history. $PLTR wasn't there. he was.
nowback on shift. paired with $PLTR. one eye per stop. nothing gets past him. except stories.
reopened