Tracing the leak's origin consumed the better part of a week, Ashworth's technical specialists working alongside Seraphina's own careful analytical approach to cross-reference every detail the anonymous files contained against known Foundry infrastructure.
"We have a partial match," Corvin announced, gathering the group into the research wing with visible urgency. "Facility coordinates embedded in the metadata, heavily obscured, but not perfectly. A location roughly a hundred and fifty kilometers south of here."
"Another hidden laboratory," Victor said.
"Likely, yes. Active, based on the timestamps we've already confirmed."
Ashworth studied the coordinates with careful consideration. "This changes our approach considerably. If this facility is currently operational, and if the subjects referenced in those files are still being held there, we're looking at a rescue operation, not simply an investigation."
