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The screen flickered, and the world went white.

The Beast lumbered closer, its belly displaying a spinning progress bar that would never reach 100%. f5 refresh

Instead, he closed his eyes. He thought about the root cause. The corrupted database connection. The unhandled exception. The thing he’d been avoiding for fourteen hours. The screen flickered, and the world went white

Before Leo could answer, the floor lurched. A low, guttural groan echoed from the end of the corridor. The scrolling code flickered red. The screen flickered

“Run,” Cache said, not running herself. She simply began walking the other way. “And whatever you do, don’t press F5 again in here. You’ll fork the loop.”