Chapter Four: The Tapes Remember True Names

She opened her eyes on the floor of Granny Qiao's darkroom. The old woman was sealing the doorframe with black paper. "Moonlight can follow a name," Granny Qiao said. "Do not let it see either of you tonight." Shen Wu checked her offline camera. Everything from Shaft Seven had become static except the final three seconds: Gu standing before her, silently saying something. "What did you say?" "I told you to run." "Why did the woman on-screen warn me against you?" After a pause, he said, "Because I have not told you the entire price." "What price?" Someone hammered on the shop door. Lu Bainian called, "Fire inspection." Granny Qiao pulled back a rug, revealing a ladder. "Survive until morning. Discuss honesty afterward."