He entered the key.
Ellis’s father had disappeared seven years ago, declared dead after a research vessel sank in the Pacific. No body. No log. He entered the key
Ellis never watched the video. Instead, he copied one file—a single image—and wiped everything else. The image showed a harbor at dawn. The timestamp matched next Tuesday. And in the background, barely visible: a ship with a hull number that matched the one his father had supposedly died on. He entered the key