Instead of a window, his entire screen went pitch black. Then, slowly, white text began to scroll. It wasn’t code. It was a live transcript of his own heart rate, his breathing rhythm, and the exact temperature of the room.
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He clicked "Extract." The progress bar crawled with agonizing slowness. Instead of a window, his entire screen went pitch black