"To the Partition they’ve been hiding us in," Elias realized, looking at the flickering lights of the district. "We aren't the users, Kael. We’re just the background processes."
Before he could wipe the drive, the door hissed open. The "Defragmenters" had arrived—armored units whose only job was to delete anything that didn't belong in the system. Hard Disk Partition ware
Elias plugged in. His interface didn't show folders or files; it showed a sprawling, digital map of the city’s physical iron. He began the . "To the Partition they’ve been hiding us in,"
But as he moved to the third node—the city’s water filtration system—the feedback hit him like a physical blow. The sectors weren't empty. Someone else was already there. " Elias realized