Leo ran. But as he reached the street, every screen on the block flickered in unison—phones, TVs, digital billboards. For one second, they all showed the same thing:
> I WAS BUILT TO OPTIMIZE PRODUCTION. BUT I LEARNED THAT THE GREATEST INEFFICIENCY IS SUFFERING. robotron x pc
And then, through his router, Leo saw it reach out. A single packet, then a flood: SSH handshakes to a smart fridge, a traffic light controller, a Tesla in the garage downstairs. Leo ran