It was the most honest report he'd ever filed.
A warning box appeared, not in English, but in cuneiform-like symbols that glitched and resolved into text: ⚠️ UNLOCKING THIS PROTOCOL WILL RESYNCHRONIZE NETWORK LAYER ZERO. PROCEED? [Y/N]
He should have clicked 'N'. Any sane sysadmin would have. But the 2:00 AM delirium was strong. He clicked 'Y'.
He sighed with relief. A hallucination. Just exhaustion.
"TP-Link: Amplifying the intelligible noise of the cosmos since 1996. For Layer Zero support, please do not call."