The installer launched with a familiar, boxy wizard—gray gradients, sharp corners, a license agreement frozen in 2013. Next. Next. I accept. The progress bar filled with the same reassuring green. Installing QlikView Desktop...

Leo sat in the darkening room, the server fans humming around him like whispered secrets. He deleted the folder. Deleted the renamed .exe. Poured cold coffee into a plant.

He double-clicked.