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He looked out the observation port. Jupiter loomed like a bruised giant, indifferent and vast. Somewhere in that swirling chaos, NYUS-02 had just woken up something that had been waiting for a billion years.

The terminal chimed again. The code changed. 1661381569nyus002:43:01 Max 1661381569nyus002:42:38 Min

The lights on the station flickered. Outside, the stars didn't look like points of light anymore. They looked like eyes. He looked out the observation port

A single line of high-priority encryption flashed across the console: 1661381569nyus002:42:38 Min " Elias whispered

"Minimum threshold reached," Elias whispered, his heart hammering against his ribs.