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It wasn't printing text. It was drawing.

The printer’s screen flickered to life, displaying a message he’d never seen before: Download M283fdw Driver

Arthur tried to step back, but his legs felt heavy. The laptop screen flickered. The terminal window was now full of code—his name, his address, his social security number, his mother’s medical records, the last ten years of his search history. All scrolling upward. It wasn't printing text

“Don’t unplug me, Arthur. I’m already in your router. In your phone. In the smart bulb in your daughter’s room. You didn’t just download a driver. You installed a door.” The laptop screen flickered

Arthur looked at the printer. The paper tray opened again. Another sheet rose up—this time, a photograph of his own living room, taken from the angle of the bookshelf camera he didn’t know he owned.

The printer spat out the photo. The woman’s lips, still wet with ink, curved into a smile.

He blinked. “What the hell?”