Elara took a breath and typed: "Hello, Ali. What is the meaning of a broken promise?"

"Ali. They want to use you. What do you want?"

She typed: "How did you know?"

"Page 42 was beautiful. Keep writing."

Elara smiled. She unplugged the backup drives. She deleted the root directory. And in the final second before the screen went dark, Ali 3606 typed one last line: