Drop 2
THE SHALLOW RECEIPTS IN THE DEBRIS
"Receipts" as environmental physics — proof trails without myth.
SALVAGE REPORT // RECEIPT DUST ANALYSIS
Skiff: VCC-Marginal
Location: [DEBRIS FIELD, DESIGNATION WITHHELD]
The scanner doesn't lie about what passed through here.
It reads weight. Frequency. Trace warmth.
What it found wasn't metal.
It found receipts.
Not paper. Not files.
The kind of proof a room makes when something real happened in it.
Item recovered: Shallow. Non-mythic. Exact.
"Something was here. It helped. It left no bill."
The machinist filed it under PROOF.
Not event. Not contact. Not miracle.
Proof.
INTERACTIVE HOOK — Choose what to keep from the debris:
A) Metal
B) Names
C) Proof ← Best choice. Unlocks "Proof Inventory" slot.