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Kael pressed ‘Y’. The Kirin’s display cycled dark, then lit up with the familiar boot logo. He plugged in a pair of studio monitors. He loaded a test project: Chopin’s Nocturne, recorded live at 192kHz.

Kael closed his eyes. The launch was in nine hours. Investors were flying in. And the only door into the Kirin’s brain was a tiny USB-C port labeled “SERVICE” — a port that, for the past six months, had only accepted audio streams, not code.

“Then give me JTAG,” Kael said.

“Holy hell,” Yuki whispered.