Is it possible to fail Cold Call Killer?

I'm getting pretty close to being able to trace the call for the sidequest Cold Call Killer. However, I was wondering if it was possible to fail the trace? It seems like there is ample opportunity to miss tracing the call, especially if you don't move your cursor. I found out that you get a game over and have to retry if you miss getting to one of the ringing phones.

What happens when you fail to trace the call? Will the entire sidequest fail, or will you get another chance to trace it?

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Alright, finally tried it: if you don't get enough progress on the trace, you will trigger a game over. You'll have to restart from Zsasz sending you running for the payphone, in much the same way as if you don't pick up the second payphone before it stops ringing.

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I think I may have failed it. :/ In my stupidity I didn't realize that you actually have to MOVE the cursor around to trace the calls - I only figured this out on maybe the third call. It really looks like he's not interested in playing his game any more.

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I beat this mission without ever moving the cursor for the trace during any of the phone calls. The trace was at 14% during the 6th or so phone call and the game just gave me the "Oh! You found his lair" quest marker.

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