The fluorescent lights of the basement computer lab hummed in B-flat, a frequency that Elias had long ago decided was the root cause of his persistent headache. It was 2:00 AM on a Thursday in late 2012. Outside, the world was sleeping or partying; inside, Elias was staring at a progress bar that had been stuck at 42% for what felt like a geological era.

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