Marcus counts twice - and gets a different answer both times. Since Day One, the sealed chamber has had twelve drawers. By Day Three, a thirteenth materialized, filled with names. Now on Day Six, a fourteenth drawer emerges from the wall itself, its label deliberately smeared, warm breath seeping through the gap where the amber light Claire discovered yesterday now bleeds through. The Core isn't just containing the observers anymore- it's building, growing, rewriting the structure around them while they sleep.

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