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Anna's Message

Anna’s urgent message led Donald to the Pact document; he now says he understood her request for help too late.

Story so far

The message in Paul Thurman’s account bore the subject “Urgent—The Pact” and the notation “Locket 20391102,” but no listed send date. Donald initially searched for a locket among the stored effects and found none. He later noticed that the number resembled the labeling on a bag of personal effects and suspected that “locket” should have referred to a locker.

Following the number through the lockers led Donald to a folder containing RE: THE PACT, whose subject wording matched Anna’s message. The note also asked for her to be awakened. Donald now describes it as Anna Thurman’s plea for his help, left in her father’s inbox, and says he recognized its meaning too late.

Appearance

An electronic message with no listed send date, the subject “Urgent—The Pact,” and the notation “Locket 20391102.”

Role

A concealed lead to the Pact document and, in Donald’s account, a request for rescue or assistance.

Relationships

Anna Thurman — Anna Thurman wrote the urgent message asking to be awakened.
Donald — Donald followed its number to the Pact document but says he understood the appeal too late.
Paul Thurman — The message was left in Paul Thurman’s inbox.
Sources — 13 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 152
  • Anna’s message has the subject Urgent—The Pact.
  • Anna’s message includes the notation Locket 20391102.
  • Anna’s message has no listed send date despite appearing near the top of the message list.
Chapter 156
  • Anna’s urgent note to her father mentioned a locket bearing a date.
  • Donald finds no locket among the effects despite remembering Anna’s note.
Chapter 161
  • Anna’s note asks Thurman to wake her.
Chapter 166
  • Donald notices that a number in Anna’s note resembles the number on a bag of stored personal effects.
  • Donald suspects the note’s reference to a locket was meant to refer to a locker.
Chapter 167
  • Anna’s note to Thurman contains a number Donald uses while searching the lockers.
Chapter 173
  • Anna’s message to her father used the same Pact subject wording as the memo and marked it urgent.
  • A number in Anna’s message led Donald to the folder containing the Pact memo.
Chapter 224
  • Donald says Anna left a note asking for his help in Thurman’s inbox.
  • Donald says he understood Anna’s request too late.
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