A text box appeared at the bottom of the screen, the font a flickering neon green: "USER DETECTED. SESSION RESUMED AFTER 11,042 DAYS."
It sat on a forgotten FTP server, nestled between "drivers_v2" and "temp_backup." Total size: 4.2 MB. In the world of modern fiber-optics, it was a ghost.
"DON'T LOOK AWAY," the prompt read. "WE’VE ALMOST FINISHED DOWNLOADING YOU."