THE RETURN LINE VIOLATION ========================= The system reports: RETURN LINE VIOLATION SOURCE: BELOW Relays activate along the service corridor. Node 608 is still active, but the isolation percentage is falling. The voice is no longer trapped beneath the carrier. It has found a route upstream. The display adds: NODE SYNCHRONIZATION: 5 / 33 WAKE THRESHOLD: 7 You have a maintenance key, a station identity, and the three-tone sequence. You still need to learn which node is being used as the bridge.