**INT. BASEMENT MAINTENANCE AREA - CONTINUOUS**
Valentine navigates the labyrinthine basement, following Mia's directions through his neural implant. The device in his pocket pulses rhythmically, almost like a heartbeat.
Why is it reacting like this?
I'm detecting a resonance pattern. It's responding to your temporal energy field. As if... it's trying to communicate.
He stops before a heavy maintenance door marked "STREET ACCESS - EMERGENCY USE ONLY". A keypad glows beside it.
Can you bypass this?
Attempting now... system is shielded. Physical override required.
Valentine examines the door. It's old, with a manual release lever on the other side. He spots a ventilation grate nearby, large enough for a person to fit through.
Ventilation it is.
He pries open the grate with a crowbar he finds nearby, squeezing through into the narrow duct beyond.