Captain Carl was in a dilemma. He had to know Seth's status and family standing before making any decisions.
Right now, with the current straits of the world, private families had as much power as the government. This could be discerned from the fact that they even had their own safe zones under their jurisdiction.
The military and these families had a delicately balanced cooperative relationship. Antagonizing them wouldn't benefit anyone.
So it wouldn't be right if this child was from one of the powerful families, and the government tried to poach him. That might lead to a falling out.
From what he knew, all students of this school could never have an ordinary background. Either their family had strong ties to the government, or they were part of a private colossus that could influence the government.
"Have the technical team been able to retrieve any form of information archive from the rubble?" He turned toward the agent with the biometric pad and asked.
