The bell above the door chimed, and a man in a grease-stained coverall stepped in, shaking the rain from his hat. He didn't head for the counter; instead, he slid into the booth directly behind Jane.
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"The kind that make a person walk into a room and never come out the other side," he said, standing up. "Check the files on that drive. They contain the blueprints for the 'Uncovered' project. If you want to find him, you have to see the town for what it actually is—a simulation that's starting to fail." The bell above the door chimed, and a
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"You're looking for the v0.34a archives, aren't you?" he whispered, his voice barely audible over the hum of the refrigerator. Jane stiffened. "I'm looking for my brother."