Aris leaned so close his nose touched the monitor. "The thing between the wires," he whispered.
Reply from the_thing_between_the_wires: Trace complete. You are here.
Would you like to trace route? (Y/N)
Jen’s hand moved to the kill switch. Aris grabbed her wrist. "No. Look."
Jen’s fingers flew across the console. She initiated on the primary node. The command echoed in the dark terminal: >_ speedtest htp --target core.nexus --threads 10^12 --verbose speedtest htp
Reply from the_thing_between_the_wires: Your packets are delicious. But slow.
SPEEDTEST HTP ACTIVE. PINGING VOID BETWEEN GATES. Aris leaned so close his nose touched the monitor
>_ Calculating jitter: