Petra Dray finds the amber wax fingerprint cast. The town erased everyone who touched it.
At the river opera warehouse beneath Rook Coast, Petra Dray uncovers a heartbeat traveling through copper. A buried ledger proves the vanished workers were hidden inside recorded sound.
On February 14, 1968, Petra Dray finds the amber wax fingerprint cast inside the river opera warehouse.
The amber wax fingerprint cast carries Petra Dray's fingerprint beneath its surface.
At 1:17 a.m., Petra Dray records a heartbeat traveling through copper.
The recording predates Petra Dray's birth by forty years.
Then a dead technician asks Petra Dray to look underneath.
Beneath the amber wax fingerprint cast, Petra Dray discovers a numbered human tooth.
The number matches a locked cabinet in the opera warehouse under Rook Coast.
Inside, Petra Dray finds payroll cards for people nobody remembers.
Each forgotten worker signed the same crooked surname as Petra Dray.
A fresh card lists Petra Dray's shift as beginning tonight.
The lights inside the opera warehouse under Rook Coast turn violet one row at a time.
Every violet lamp reveals handprints moving beneath the floor while Petra Dray watches.
Petra Dray follows those handprints toward a door painted as concrete.
The door opens onto a copy of the opera warehouse under Rook Coast filled with warm dust.
A clock in the copied room runs through February 14, 1968 again and again.
At each repetition, the amber wax fingerprint cast appears closer to Petra Dray's chest.
A ledger identifies the copied room as the witness nursery while Petra Dray watches.
The final ledger entry states that the vanished workers were hidden inside recorded sound while Petra Dray watches.
Behind Petra Dray, a nursery cot begins rocking without a child.
The blanket rises. A smaller Petra Dray opens its eyes and points at the amber wax fingerprint cast.