Glossary

A unit of measure invented by a reporter. No instrument can measure 'how much a face was altered,' so he uses the real face in his memory as the baseline.

The moment the first rift appeared. From then on, a string of overwrites and rifts stayed locked to the 3 a.m. hour, drawing ever tighter. 03:00–04:00 is the most dangerous.

A perception that can see 'overwrites.' It only tells you 'this was altered here'—not what it was changed into. The more you see, the higher the price.