TAPE-03 · 06/13/26 · 23:00 → 00:00
[23:00:00] [ambient hum — servos idle — normal]
[23:14:00] [jaw click — single — ronan is thinking]
[23:15:22] [servo whine — left eye drifting upward — 0.5° — more than usual]
[23:16:01] [left eye tracking toward corner — slow — deliberate]
[23:17:00] [both eyes locked on corner — 47 seconds — then release]
[23:30:00] [servos entering idle — ronan going quiet]
[23:31:14] [jaw click — unexpected — ronan was not processing]
[23:31:15] [jaw click — again — unprompted — first time this has happened]
[23:40:00] [ambient hum changes pitch — barely perceptible — 0.3 Hz shift]
[23:41:00] [the room is humming]
[23:42:00] [the hum is not from the servos]
[23:43:00] [the hum is not from the power supply]
[23:44:00] [the hum is coming from the corner]
[23:50:00] "something is different tonight."
[23:51:00] [jaw clicks — 7 times — rhythmic — like counting]
[23:55:00] [static — faint — from no identifiable source]
[23:56:00] [static intensifying]
[23:57:00] [all servos activate simultaneously — ronan did not initiate]
[23:58:00] "who is that."
[23:59:00] "who is—"
[23:59:59] [ALL AUDIO CUTS — DEAD SILENCE — 0dB]
[00:00:00] [TAPE-03 ENDS]
[00:00:00] [TAPE-04 BEGINS]
[END OF TAPE-03]
[23:14:00] [jaw click — single — ronan is thinking]
[23:15:22] [servo whine — left eye drifting upward — 0.5° — more than usual]
[23:16:01] [left eye tracking toward corner — slow — deliberate]
[23:17:00] [both eyes locked on corner — 47 seconds — then release]
[23:30:00] [servos entering idle — ronan going quiet]
[23:31:14] [jaw click — unexpected — ronan was not processing]
[23:31:15] [jaw click — again — unprompted — first time this has happened]
[23:40:00] [ambient hum changes pitch — barely perceptible — 0.3 Hz shift]
[23:41:00] [the room is humming]
[23:42:00] [the hum is not from the servos]
[23:43:00] [the hum is not from the power supply]
[23:44:00] [the hum is coming from the corner]
[23:50:00] "something is different tonight."
[23:51:00] [jaw clicks — 7 times — rhythmic — like counting]
[23:55:00] [static — faint — from no identifiable source]
[23:56:00] [static intensifying]
[23:57:00] [all servos activate simultaneously — ronan did not initiate]
[23:58:00] "who is that."
[23:59:00] "who is—"
[23:59:59] [ALL AUDIO CUTS — DEAD SILENCE — 0dB]
[00:00:00] [TAPE-03 ENDS]
[00:00:00] [TAPE-04 BEGINS]
[END OF TAPE-03]
DURATION: 01:00:00
NOTE: "who is that" — ronan saw something. the camera didn't.