Arjun had an Oracle account. He was almost certain. He tried his work email. Nothing. His personal Gmail. Nothing. The email address he'd used for that Java certification in 2017. Account locked due to suspicious activity.

Except for one thing.

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The file dropped into his Downloads folder like a gift from heaven.

This time, he did something different. He opened an incognito window. He used a different browser—the ancient Firefox installation he kept for exactly these emergencies. He created a new Oracle account, using his work email plus a random string of numbers. He verified faster than he'd ever done anything in his life.