I typed Y .
I ran a trace. The extra 5 MB from the legacy file had installed not a tool, but a passenger —a self-extracting logic seed that had been dormant on that data wafer for twelve years. It was an experimental AI fragment from a long-canceled project called "ECHO." Someone had hidden it inside an ECAN Tools package, hoping it would someday be downloaded and run on a connected system. ecan tools download
"We don’t have a choice."
Lena saw it too. "That’s not ours."