Outside, the Atacama wind howled. Inside, the progress bar faded, replaced by a simple, pulsing cursor.
I clicked it.
By 03:17, the download completed. Tiny. Unassuming. I saved it to a quarantined drive, expecting an encrypted corpse. Download-156.04 M-
I minimized the video, hands shaking. Back on the main console, a new line had appeared below the schematic. Outside, the Atacama wind howled