Flashback ( PDFDrive )

He tapped the center and the glass swung open like a hinged door,
revealing a hidden metal sensor.
That’s where you put the DNA to trigger the override, he explained.
And Alvar’s DNA no longer works? Sophie verified.
That’s what my dad keeps claiming. But that doesn’t mean Alvar can’t use
ours. One good punch and he’d have some of our blood.
Sophie shuddered. That’s why you have guards. And the Warden.
I know. But I’m trying to be ready for anything. That’s why I wanted you
to know where the override is, and how it works. I don’t know why it might
come up, but it’s better to be prepared. Do you think you’ll be able to find
your way here again, if you ever needed to?
I think so, she said, trying to remember which path they’d taken. It
hadn’t had very many splits to keep track of, but she was feeling
turned around. Are we back near the main gate?
No, the override is in the opposite corner of the property.
Why? If you’re trying to open the gate, wouldn’t you want the override to
be near it?
I asked my dad the same thing when he first showed it to me, and he said
Luzia thought it was better to have it near the back entrance, since that’s a
lot smaller and easier to move manually.
There’s a back entrance?
I didn’t know there was one either. We never use it. But it’s over there. He
pointed toward the spot Tarina had been watching them from a few
minutes earlier. She’d moved closer to the clearing now, probably
trying to figure out what they were doing. Luzia hid the button to open it
between those two trees right there. And then I guess there’s a DNA sensor
hidden in the bushes outside to open it from that side—but it’s probably all