The screen flickered. The usual Windows desktop—the taskbar, the start menu, the familiar wallpaper—didn't just change. It dissolved.

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The fluorescent lights of the "Silicon Valley Pawn & Tech" store hummed with a sound that only Elijah could hear—a low, headache-inducing buzz. It was a slow Tuesday. The rain was battering the glass front door, and Elijah was bored out of his mind, staring at a spreadsheet of inventory that hadn't been updated since 2019.

The "Top." The word on the napkin. The prompt from the installer.