The progress bar crawled with agonizing slowness. When it finished, a single executable appeared: UPGRADE.EXE . No readme, no icons, just a generic gray box.
STATUS: UPGRADE REQUIRED. PROCEED? (Y/N) He tapped ‘Y’. Download STB upgrader (1) rar
He wasn't upgrading the box. The file name hadn't been a command for the computer. It was a description of the event. The progress bar crawled with agonizing slowness
Elias tried to pull the plug, but his hand wouldn't move. He looked down. His fingertips were resting on the metal casing of the STB, and a faint, shimmering thread of light was pulsing from the box into his skin. and a faint