Abandoned seafloor Station Echo-Alpha reactivates, transmitting brainwave data.
Oddly, the waves come from a researcher who died three years ago.
Engineers monitoring the signal begin dreaming of sitting in the station—talking to themselves.
With each dream, the "other self" grows more convincing.
One night, the dream-self asks, "Let me drive."
They agree.
In the morning, the screen flashes: "Consciousness transfer complete. New shell active."