Ten seconds later, he reached for his mug, his hand shook, and dark roast pooled across the mahogany desk. He watched the screen. A new line appeared instantly: 200 OK - Coffee spill logged.
He tried to close the window, but the mouse cursor moved on its own, dragging toward the "Save" icon. Every time he resisted, a new 403 Forbidden error flashed across his vision—not on the screen, but directly on his retinas.
As he read the logs, his blood turned to ice. They weren't just data packets; they were timestamps of his own life. 15:02:11 GET /kitchen/coffee_spill.html HTTP/1.1
15:04:45 POST /living_room/phone_call_from_mother.json HTTP/1.1 Elias looked at his watch: .
He wasn't the user anymore. He was the resource being fetched.