They gather in the shadowed seams of the institution, where light leaks through bars like tears. Every glance is an agreement. Every nod a contract. Their architect of escape is not just a mind for tunnels and timing but a poet who understands rhythm—how to make noise mean nothing and silence say everything. The plan threads through the facility like a secret language: moments of diversion rehearsed until they become instinct, alibis welded to faces until even the guards begin to believe them.