There was no speech, only the hum of a static charge, like a balloon rubbing against hair—the sound of raw data trying to find a home.
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The file appeared on Elias’s desktop at 4:08 AM. No download history, no sender, just a cold, digital 9.39 MB. There was no speech, only the hum of