i--- Iremove Tools 1.3 > STATUS: ALL DEPENDENCIES MAPPED. LENA_MCINTYRE (USER#1) CLASSIFIED AS: LEGACY ENTITY.
The screen went black.
"Unclean shutdown detected. Running i--- Iremove Tools 1.4 pre-boot sequence." i--- Iremove Tools 1.3
She had laughed at the time. Who would ever run that? i--- Iremove Tools 1
Lena’s throat went dry. Registry of Self. She remembered designing that module as a joke—a recursive uninstall that would delete the user’s own profile data. Preferences. Saved logins. Memory shortcuts. In the final build of 1.3, she’d added one more target. i--- Iremove Tools 1.3 >
But version 1.3 was different.
She hadn’t typed that. Her hands were hovering over the keyboard, fingers curled like spiders caught mid-step. The cursor pulsed patiently, waiting for a confirmation she didn’t want to give.