Selene looked out the main viewport. She saw a landscape that resembled the memory of a dream: towering spires of crystal, rivers of light, and in the distance a city that shimmered like a mirage made of pure thought. And floating above it all, a massive structure that pulsed with the same three‑beep pattern—an alien beacon, perhaps the source of the original signal.
: Some believe that MIDV-661 refers to a piece of digital media that is so obscure or so removed from mainstream consumption that it has become 'lost' to the general public. This theory posits that MIDV-661 could be a remnant from an early experiment in digital media or an artifact from a bygone era of internet culture. MIDV-661