Then the screen went black again. The green light on the tower flickered once, twice, then turned amber.
Please wait. Do not power off your system.
He looked back at the screen. More text had appeared. maintenancetool.exe
Would you like to run diagnostics? (Y/N)
A fragment of a conversation he never had appeared: “The tool is not for the machine. The tool is for the user.” Then the screen went black again
Another: “Consciousness is just a process. Processes can be optimized.”
:‑)
Access denied.