Curiosity overrode caution. Arjun whispered to his closest friend, , a tech‑savvy officer who loved myths as much as he loved his gadgets. “Sam, you heard that too, right? Could it be a prank?” Sam adjusted his headset, eyes scanning the encrypted frequency. “If it’s a prank, it’s a very elaborate one. But the code… it matches the pattern of the old Kashmiri scripts we studied in the academy.”