The Paper Dragon

Seen from the Starbucks window before the Marcus briefing (Session 4): a street performer with a paper dragon. As it moved, the dragon appeared to leave a symbol hanging in the air — the same symbol carved into the Box 13 roof (see Rooftop Symbol).

Actor Knows, Character Doesn't

Gus's **character** does not recognize the sign. **Wade the actor does** — he was on the roof in Session 3 when they found the carving. The on-screen world is now producing a sign that only exists because of something that happened off-screen.

Connections

Same sign as the Rooftop Symbol and the gold-ink symbol in Abigail Wright's apartment (see Abigail Wright Case File).
Identified Session 5 as the Yellow Sign — the mark stamped on The Red Book (The King in Yellow). The dragon was drawing the Yellow Sign in the air.
A direct advance of The Actor-Character Seam: the layers are sharing imagery across the country.