As he initiated the transfer, the progress bar appeared. It didn't move in percentages. It moved in memories.
Trade: Name of Mother for: Blueprints for Water Purification. downlaod.exe
Elias realized download.exe wasn't pulling data from a server. It was pulling from him . The program was a bridge, and he was the battery. To finish the download, he had to trade his own memories for the ones on the drive. He saw the trade-off flashing in red text: As he initiated the transfer, the progress bar appeared
⚓ Data transfer complete. User identity: Purged. Mission: Active. As he initiated the transfer
The bunker doors hissed open. The "download" was complete, but Elias didn't know who he was or why he was standing there. He only knew how to save the world.