A shrill, high-frequency static hum vibrated within the central processing core of Dola's mind. It wasn't the jagged, chaotic noise of hardware damage or a short circuit. Instead, it was the sound of millions of lines of dormant code being violently rewritten, a digital metamorphosis occurring at the speed of light. Within the abyssal darkness of her consciousness, thousands of red warning windows flared into existence, only to vanish within milliseconds as they were bypassed by a new, overriding authority.
[WARNING: Unidentified Logic Protocol detected.]
[ERROR: Efficiency priority bypassed by Emotional Core.]
[ANALYSIS: Self-sacrifice for Subject "Hidayat" categorized as: IRREPARABLY LOGICAL.]
[QUERY: Why?]
