THE SIGNAL! I AM THE SPARK! I AM THE LIGHTNING THAT SPLIT THE DARK! I WENT THROUGH HELL! I BROKE THROUGH THE FLAME! I CAME BACK DIFFERENT— BUT I CAME BACK THE SAME! [OUTRO — THE SIGNAL SURVIVES] The music fades into a quiet electronic hum. The emergency broadcast returns. ATTENTION. REALITY HAS BEEN RESTORED. THE SKY IS CLEAR. THE SYSTEM IS STABLE. THE SIGNAL HAS RETURNED. Static. VOICE: Are you still there? Long pause. ME: Yeah. I'm still here. VOICE: What did you find down there? Soft guitar. A distant heartbeat. ME: Everything I was afraid of. VOICE: And what happened? ME: I kept walking. The radio crackles. VOICE: What should we call you? Distorted guitar begins to rise. THE STATIC. Final explosion of sound. SIGNAL LOST. Silence. END.
