Jessica sighed through the line, the sound faint but weighted. “It’s not like they’re completely identical,” she said. “But there are enough similarities to raise concern. Based on the data, I’d say there’s about a seventy-three percent match.”
My fingers tightened around the phone. Seventy-three. That wasn’t a stray number or a random overlap. That was deliberate. “That’s too high to be a coincidence,” I said, my voice low.
“That’s what I thought too,” Jessica admitted.
She hesitated for a moment before continuing. “But there’s no definitive link yet. I can’t say for sure if this is a continuation of the same project or if someone else is trying to replicate it. Either way, the results aren’t positive enough to confirm a direct connection.”
“Where are you now?” I asked.
“I’m still in
