THE LIGHT IS LYING For twenty years, the traffic light at Maple Street worked perfectly. Then its timing started to drift. Humans call it bad luck. Scout the raccoon notices patterns. The green is too short. The rhythm is wrong. High on the pole, the sensor's camera can't see clearly anymore. Inside the control box, something clicks when it shouldn't. Every morning at 7:45, a yellow school bus passes that intersection. Scout is afraid of heights. The sensor sits meters above the street, on a pole that sways with every passing truck. He can't warn humans. He can't explain the danger. He can only climb - and trust his nervous opossum friend Patches, who hears the machine's strange heartbeat but panics near traffic. This is a choose-your-own-path urban mystery where you decide what Scout does next. Climb now or wait? Cross the road or hide? Fix the sensor - or force humans to notice? Inside: 45+ meaningful choices, 28 possible endings Systems thinking through cause and effect Fear, risk, and responsibility in a real city setting The timing is off. The clock is ticking. And the intersection doesn't forgive mistakes.