Marcus discovers a drawer in the Terminal Room that shouldn't exist, its label rendered unreadable as if the Core itself is rewriting its own records. The cabinet has shifted overnight, the same iron taste blooming in his mouth that he's tracked since Day 13, forcing him to confront the terrifying possibility: the building is not a tomb but a living instrument, actively editing the space around them. When the others learn what he's found, they face a question that fractures their fragile theories, if the Core can make a drawer illegible, what else has it erased?

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