The file was 400 terabytes. Impossible for video. Impossible for text. Possible for only one thing: a complete neural map of his dead sister, Lily. She'd been part of a closed digital preservation trial before she vanished.

The progress bar: 22%.

Will McBride stared at the progress bar: 4% complete. The file was called SHOW_ME_END.7z . No sender. No return hash.

The download hit 17%. A knock at the door. Three hard raps. Will reached for his sidearm, but the door opened anyway — biometric override.

He smiled. "Show me."