The cursor blinked. Once. Twice. Then, for a fraction of a second, the screen flickered.
He didn’t have to.
Instead, he whispered to the empty basement server room, “Who were you?” Searching for- Margo Von Tesse in-All Categorie...
Leo’s hands hovered over the keyboard. His pulse thrummed in his temples. “Margo?” he typed. The cursor blinked
“In the silence between your keystrokes. In the moment before a search fails. In the category you didn’t know existed until you needed it. I’m not data, Leo. I’m the search itself.” The cursor blinked. Once. Twice. Then