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Deduplicating... 31%
She paused the process and inspected the block. Metadata: recorded 03:14 AM, Tunnel Section K, thermal camera #2. Timestamp: 2024-10-17. Then again at 2024-10-18. Then 2024-10-19. Every night. Same block. Same bytes. Exactly.
The first GB vanished. Then ten. Then fifty.
Maya looked at the subway tunnel map on her wall. Section K. 03:14 AM. Every night.