The scrolling stopped. A new line appeared, typed in real-time, character by character:

> SUBJECT 7429 RELEASED. TRANSACTION COMPLETE.

Protocol was clear. He should log it, flag the code, and submit it for incineration. But "Video txt" – that was odd. Text-based video? An old teletext stream? His curiosity, the very flaw that had landed him this dead-end job, got the better of him.