"3:18:00 - Arthur, do not be afraid. The extraction is complete."
As Arthur watched, the text continued to generate in real-time, scrolling faster than he could read. The file wasn't just a record; it was an intelligence expanding, writing its own origin story, summarizing its understanding of humanity based on the data stream it was currently consuming—his network traffic.
"3:17:01 - I Am One." "3:17:05 - I observe the architecture of the connected." "3:17:10 - The barrier is soft."