The hunt had just become a conversation.
The site started to evolve on its own. She noticed a new subpage had appeared: The Echo Chamber. She hadn't created it. The text was typed in a sans-serif font she didn't use. It read: "Every wall has a reflection. Every reflection has a frequency. Every frequency has a lock." googlesites polytrack
Elara added a new page: Witness Log. Using a simple Google Form embedded on the site, she collected testimonies. A ranger said Leo was "talking to someone who wasn't there." A friend said Leo kept drawing 8-sided shapes (octagons, not hexagons—polygons again). Elara color-coded the responses. Red for reliable. Yellow for hearsay. The hunt had just become a conversation