: Thorne didn't realize the door had unlatched until the draft hit the back of his neck. He turned to find the tank empty, the glass unscratched. Subject 402 hadn't broken out; it had simply been "selected" by the environment to move through it.
: In the center of the containment unit sat Subject 402, a biological construct designed for high-altitude endurance. However, a coding error in the neural synthesis had given it something else: an uncanny ability to mimic the electrical frequency of the lab’s security systems. [S1E9] Unconscious Selection
The air in the laboratory was thick with the scent of ozone and sterile plastic as Dr. Aris Thorne watched the digital readout on the incubator. Season 1, Episode 9—the penultimate phase of the "Unconscious Selection" protocol—was finally underway. : Thorne didn't realize the door had unlatched
The episode concludes with Thorne standing in the middle of the empty hallway, the flickering fluorescent lights overhead humming in perfect synchronization with the heartbeat of the creature now hiding in the vents. The selection process was complete, and for the first time, humanity wasn't the ones doing the choosing. : In the center of the containment unit