The "Project Preview" wasn't a generation of random faces. It was a predictive engine. The "Teen-MoDel" software hadn't been designed to create models; it had been designed to identify them from surveillance feeds, cataloging people it deemed "ideal" before they even knew they were being watched.
The digital echo of a long-abandoned forum was the only place Elias could find the link. It was a string of characters he’d seen whispered about in the corners of archival sites: .
Status: Archive accessed. Updating target profile... Elias Thorne.