((full)) — E375 Xxx

It looks like you’re referencing a partial number or code: .

I tapped the console. Nothing. “Hey, you seeing this?” I called to Vega. e375 xxx

Three minutes later, the lights dimmed. The air changed — ozone and rust. Then a voice, low and wrong, came through every speaker: “You have reached e375. Forwarding to xxx.” It looks like you’re referencing a partial number or code:

We never found out what xxx meant. But the countdown started then. Let me know which direction you meant, and I’ll rewrite it exactly for you. low and wrong

The terminal blinked once, then again. — no error message, no description. Just that.

She leaned over, coffee in hand. “That’s not in the database.” “Exactly.”