Jasper Crowe follows evidence from Foxmere veterinary clinic. It ends at the breeder's storm shelter.

At 2:08 a.m., Jasper Crowe begins the dawn surgery inside Foxmere veterinary clinic.

Inside the isolation kennel, Jasper Crowe discovers something nesting beneath the isolation kennel.

A wax seal proves nobody entered the isolation kennel before Jasper Crowe.

Still, its shed skin is stitched around a human molar.

Jasper Crowe places a human molar beneath the security camera.

The security feed skips only when Jasper Crowe faces a human molar.

The recorded shadow moves against Jasper Crowe's body.

Jasper Crowe calls the county desk and describes human mimic outbreak.

A supervisor orders Jasper Crowe to leave before a mimic that learns voices through touch arrives.

The main door closes before Jasper Crowe reaches it.

Something drags itself around the isolation kennel toward Jasper Crowe.

It uses the rhythm of Jasper Crowe's childhood door.

The underside of a human molar holds a photograph of Jasper Crowe.

County maps erase the breeder's storm shelter after 1996.

A smell from the breeder's storm shelter clings to Jasper Crowe's coat.

The lights fail one row at a time toward Jasper Crowe.

The only unlocked space is the isolation kennel, so Jasper Crowe enters.

Dozens of recent photographs hang inside.

At the bottom, a fresh entry records Jasper Crowe's next breath.

Jasper Crowe opens the final record and finds tonight described in someone else's handwriting.