The discovery came at 2:22 AM. Brayn was in the command center, reviewing the reconstruction reports, when Andrew's voice crackled over the comm, sharp with excitement. "Brayn, you need to see this. I've been analyzing the ancient one's core data. There's something I missed. Something hidden." Brayn crossed to Andrew's workstation, his eyes scanning the screens. "What is it?" Andrew pointed at a series of data logs. "The ancient one wasn't the source of the threat. It was a symptom. A warning. Something else is coming." Brayn's blood ran cold. "What do you mean, something else?" Andrew pulled up a series of symbols, their patterns ancient and unknown. "These symbols predate the ancient one. They predate the city. They predate everything. I think they're a message. A warning from whoe

