Kali Stern follows evidence from Crescent Hill planetarium. It ends at the observatory foundations.

Kali Stern expects nothing stranger than the final school show at Crescent Hill planetarium.

Before signing in, Kali Stern discovers something nesting beneath the service dome.

Only Kali Stern's key can open the service dome.

Under clean light, its shed skin is stitched around a cracked star lens.

Kali Stern bags a cracked star lens and marks the exact time.

The camera records Kali Stern, but not a cracked star lens.

The feed labels the unseen figure as a mimic that learns voices through touch.

Kali Stern requests backup for human mimic outbreak.

Dispatch warns Kali Stern never to approach a mimic that learns voices through touch.

Then every exit at Crescent Hill planetarium locks at once.

A careful knock travels through the service dome.

The knock answers Kali Stern's heartbeat.

Fresh ink on a cracked star lens spells Kali Stern's full name.

Kali Stern has never visited the observatory foundations.

A key marked the observatory foundations rests beneath Kali Stern's tongue.

Every bulb between Kali Stern and the exit bursts.

With nowhere open, Kali Stern enters the service dome.

The walls inside are covered with names.

The final page ends with Kali Stern opening this door.

Kali Stern opens the final record and finds tonight described in someone else's handwriting.