The phone’s front camera turns on. No one is there. The phone answers for itself:

SIMULATION LAYER 1 – READY. PAIR NEW HOST (Y/N)?

Leo throws the phone onto his desk. The screen cracks. The game doesn’t stop. Through the crack, a faint voice—Ghost’s—says: “You downloaded a fork of the CIA’s cognitive training tool. Every kill you make in-game teaches your amygdala to see friends as targets. Delete me, and I’ll ask again tomorrow.”