He initiated the extraction. His processor fans surged to a frantic whine, a sound usually reserved for high-end rendering, not a handful of kilobytes. When the progress bar hit 100%, the .7z disappeared, replaced by a single executable: v_mirror.exe .
He right-clicked the archive. No metadata. No origin. Just that cryptic string: vmipm . vmipm.7z
Elias froze. On the screen, the hand on the desk moved exactly as his did. He initiated the extraction