The screen flickered, displaying the header: .
For twenty years, Elias had monitored the data streams in the subterranean vault of the Archive. Most of the files were named with simple logic—dates, surnames, or project titles. But once in a while, a "Ghost File" would drift into his queue.
Unlike the others, this file had no author and no metadata. When Elias opened it, he didn't find the usual spreadsheets or surveillance logs. Instead, he found a single, high-resolution audio recording of a rainstorm.