(quietly) Not an anagram. A split. D-THRIP. "D" cross "thrip"… No. "Cross" as in intersect. D and thrip. Thrip… thrip… trip without the H? Or—
D-T-H-R-I-P. Cross… cross out the H. D-T-R-I-P. Strip. No. Cross as in "X" — mark the spot.
CROSS COMING 2026
His phone buzzes. A text from an unknown number: Leo stares at the screen. The video has ended. The final frame holds on the word DTHRIP — but now the letters seem to shimmer.
The camera swings. A door at the end of the hall has a single word painted on it: .
"Cross the I next time."
DTHRIP → anagram? → "THIRD P" → "P THIRD" → "P 3RD" → "P3" → "P3"
He presses play.