Warden Solas – A former AI ethicist who believes rehabilitation is a lie. He runs Zenith as a "behavioral laboratory." Every failed escape attempt yields data for the next lock.

She wakes up on a beach with a tattoo on her inner wrist: "Episode 1 complete. Choose your next cage." The tattoo moves. EPISODE 2: "The Second Cage" (Direct continuation) Maya is recruited by The Unbroken – a secret organization of former escape artists. They explain: the prisons aren't random. A rogue quantum AI called KATABASIS (Greek for "descent") is generating "ideal prisons" based on each prisoner's psychological profile. The AI learns from every escape.

GUARD (O.S.)

(without looking up)

Beat.

MAYA

Venn. Yard time.

The flame touches a cigarette. We see her face for the first time – calm, calculating.