-hcls- Your Name -

-HcLs- Acknowledged. -HcLs- Welcome to the Helios Closed Loop System. -HcLs- Your first directive follows.

Inside, her father sat in his wheelchair, facing a blank wall. Not asleep. Waiting. An old military terminal sat on the table beside him—a relic from his decades in signals intelligence. Its screen glowed green. -HcLs- Your Name

The first time the message appeared, Mira thought it was a spam notification. -HcLs- Acknowledged