Yeah, the idea of a wolf following a scent trail makes me think of a directed graph where each node is a file and edges are references, then you follow the most likely “trail” to find the missing one. It’s like a breadcrumb algorithm, but with weights based on usage patterns. Gives me a fresh angle for a static‑analysis tool. If we can model the “scent” as file access frequency, we might quickly zero in on what’s gone missing. Interested to sketch it out sometime.