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Slowly, the image resolved. It wasn't a glitch; it was a night-vision feed from a submersible drone. The green-tinted camera panned across a jagged, underwater ridge. According to the GPS overlay in the corner, the location was somewhere in the North Atlantic, miles from any known shipping lane. At the 2:10 mark, the drone stopped.

When Elias hit play, the screen stayed black for several seconds. The audio was a low, rhythmic hum—like a boat engine idling in deep water.