When memory is weaponized, is consent even possible? Nora is a "Ghost Child"-a ward of the state with a violent past, filtered out of the system and into the Acheron Institute. She believes she is there to be cured of the trauma that haunts her. But Dr. Elias Thorne isn't interested in healing her. He is interested in optimization. Using an experimental combination of Propranolol and narrative therapy, Thorne begins to edit Nora's memories. He strips away the guilt of her crimes and replaces it with a new identity: The Analyst. A cold, efficient operator capable of doing what others cannot. As Nora transforms from a broken girl into a lethal asset, she begins to lose the thread of who she was. But when the Institute's demands turn from simulation to assassination, Nora must decide if she is the hero of her own story, or just a gun in someone else's hand. The Witness Doctrine is a harrowing psychological thriller about the malleability of the self, the ethics of memory, and the monsters we build to survive the dark.