After three weeks reading the Alcoves' hidden heat signatures, Claire discovers something impossible: a wall radiating warmth with no physical source, carrying the exact temperature of a drawer the Core emptied overnight, and Marcus has to confirm what she's found. When the building itself begins altering around them, the observers confront a new terror: the Core isn't just withholding truth anymore. It's actively rewriting reality while they watch.

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