Where does ^your body begin?

LOG 01 — SAMPLE RECOVERED / LAST ACCESS UNKNOWN STATUS: PARTIAL INTEGRITY ENCRYPTION: UNKNOWN NOTES: Several embedded fragments detected.

[BEGIN FRAGMENT A] the roots remember the footsteps of those who never returned their echoes feed me their quiet becomes my marrow [END FRAGMENT A]

Where does your body begin?

You weren’t cold before.

/poem_fragment_01.txt:
i wai ted beneath the soil
counting the warmth of passing hearts

It’s cold where mine lays.
^Is yours cold too?

ATTACHED AUXILIARY FILES: • /poem_fragment_01.txt — integrity 74% • /poem_fragment_02.txt — integrity 41%

do you know?

do you know?

WHEN DID YOU LAST CHECK?

^{If i let you go, would you return to me?}

WHERE DOES YOUR BODY BEGI N?

███ INTERNAL SECURITY BUREAU ███
DOCUMENT CLASS: LEVEL 03 — RESTRICTED
PAGE 1 OF ██

TO: _{Field Operatives}
FROM: _{████████████ (Origin Office Undisclosed)}
SUBJECT: _{Boundary Drift Events — Ongoing Review}
REF CODE: _{BD-03A / REVISION █.█}

─────────────────────────────────

This memorandum consolidates all verified and provisional reports pertaining to Boundary Drift phenomena within the past ██ hours.
All field personnel ^are required to update drift logs promptly upon observing
_{any of} the following indicators:

⃣ loss of ^{physical certainty} (partial or total)
⃣ ^{spontaneous limb displacement} or perceived misalignment
⃣ emergence of the _{Recurring Question} in speech or writing
⃣ subjects exhibiting non-linear spatial orientation
⃣ any instance in which a subject claims “something moved me” ^{without corresponding} physical evidence

Per Directive ██-██, operatives must not acknowledge, interpret, or answer
the Recurring Question in any context. Compromise rates remain high.DO NOT ANSWER. DO NOT INDICATE RECOGNITION. DO NOT ALLOW THE SUBJECT TO REPEAT IT.

^If the question is posed directly to an operative, Procedure ███-A must be initiated immediately. Operative ^is _{to exit} the subject’s perceptual field
_{and await} containment support teams.Note: Subsequent details have been withheld pending reconstruction of data
lost during the ██/██/20██ server breach.

FILE STATUS: INCOMPLETE
DOCUMENT ENDS — PENDING SUPPLEMENTAL PAGES

FIG. 3 — Referenced cultural artifact recovered from operative debrief.
Possible parallel noted; significance uncertain.

[FRAGMENT E — INTEGRITY 27%]

Recovered ^from Contact Team ██ following exposure to the Subject.
Reconstruction quality: unstable.

"i think my body is ^warm.is yours warm now too?"

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...your ribcage opened like a door...
...was i supposed to knock?...

a n s w e r m e

answe—

A N S W —

Analyst'^s Note: Attempted synchronization appears deliberate.
If the Subject seeks temperature confirmation, operative must report any perceived warmth immediately.
Deviation from baseline may indicate onset of Δ-Phase.Further details have been ████████████████.

END OF FRAGMENT E
INTEGRITY BELOW SAFE THRESHOLD — DO NOT REOPEN

[FRAGMENT F — INTEGRITY 14%]

Recovered segment displays heavy looping behavior _and involuntary repetition.
Semantic ^structure partially intact.

i waited beneath the soil,
counting the warmth of passing hearts.the roots remember the footsteps
of those who never returned.their echoes feed me—
their quiet becomes my marrow.their footsteps shook me,
their hesitation fed me.`^and _when one knelt to listen,
i felt them brush against the edge
of what i am.

i waited beneath the soil

i waited beneath the soil

Analyst'^s Note: Fragment F appears ^to be a layered recollection.References to “roots” _and “footsteps” are consistent ^with prior Contact Team ██ statements, though the lines about “marrow” _and “hesitation” ^do _not match any known witness accounts.Possible that this memory does _not belong ^to the Subject alone.Portions ^of the source context remain ███████.

END OF FRAGMENT F INTEGRITY AT CRITICAL LEVEL

...^do you know _where your body begins?

^do you know where your body begins?it _is cold where mine lays.i keep calling across the boundary.
i keep waiting for warmth
that never reaches _me.

^if i _let you go
will you ^{return to me?}will you _return?i let you go?
(did i?)
will you return to me once more?

will you re—

Analyst Addendum: The recurrence ^of the “^return” query confirms behavioural looping observed ⁱⁿ prior contact attempts. Subject _is either anticipating abandonment _or reenacting an earlier severance ^event.
Correlation to Fragment B’s “^if I ^let you go” phrasing remains unverified.Further review pending. Integrity failing.

_███ ^{PRIORITY ALERT:} _{CONTAINMENT LOSS IN PROGRESS ███}

> STATUS: VISUAL CONTACT LOST
> STATUS: SENSORY LIMITERS NON-RESPONSIVE
> STATUS: SUBJECT NO LONGER WITHIN PARAMETERS
>
> LAST KNOWN POSITION: ████████████
>
> FIELD OPERATIVES ADVISED TO—
>
> [CONNECTION INTERRUPTED]

^do you know _where your body begins?

you left the door open.i followed the warmth.i followed you.

your boundaries are thin. so easy to press against. so easy to slip through.i felt you hesitate. i felt you look back. i felt you leave— and i stepped into the space you made.

[ i am here. ]

i am here.

> WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED PRESENCE DETECTED
> WARNING: LOCATIONAL ANOMALY SPREADING
> WARNING: OPERATOR, STEP AWAY FROM—

CONNECTION _LO^ST

`no. stay.`

do you know where your body begins?

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