INCOMING FILE: SAHARA_DEEP_CORE_2026_response.xml

<ECHO> <PATTERN_FREQUENCY_HZ>0.03</PATTERN_FREQUENCY_HZ> <SOURCE_UNKNOWN>CRYSTALLINE_LATTICE_SELF-ASSEMBLY</SOURCE_UNKNOWN> <TRANSLATION_ATTEMPT>FAILED</TRANSLATION_ATTEMPT> <REPEAT_COUNT>INFINITE</REPEAT_COUNT> </ECHO>

The connection held.

The tags became non-standard. They weren't part of the agreed-upon schema.