EPISODE 06

the whisper

[undisclosed], New Mexico

>> [SESSION OPENED]
>> server-id: home-vpn-node03
>> miller_dot // LOCAL NODE // 2025-05-02 06:32 PM
>> retrieving log cache… decryption underway…
>> session start
>> dot.m // login: success
>> sun’s droppin low.
>> sittin up on the roof, laptop on my knees, same dusty screens, same dead leads.
>> been diggin through the cache i pulled from ethacle robotics for weeks now.
>> lookin for anything about armis-9.
>> nothing.
>> corrupted files.
>> ghost data.
>> empty shells.
>> they sanitized almost everything.
>> maybe they know the collapse is knockin on their door.

>> sittin here watchin the adobe glow gold under the last rays, wondering...
>> maybe this method's tapped out.
>> maybe i need a new angle.
>> someone closer.
>> someone stupid enough to still be near the billionaires.
>> someone smart enough to listen when i tell ‘em what’s coming.
>> radicalizable.
>> loyal.

>> ha!
>> like those unicorns exist.
>> buzz.
>> screen flickers.
>> notification.

>> betterearth holdings mentioned in the news.

>> ok.
>> drop the search.
>> pull up the alert.
>> open feed.
>> federal news network — breaking: deadly clash in miami arts district. three dead.

>> armis-9?
>> no.
>> but.
>> they were after a student.

>> mohammed yusuf khalil.
>> environmental science? huh.
>> researchin groundwater toxicity near betterearth facilities.
>> of course they want him gone.
>> another one of the ones who "know too much."

>> and buried in the second half of the article...
>> a name.
>> rob boss.

>> millionaire.
>> artist.
>> funding a “domestic resistance network” with his own personal wealth. called the happy family. lol nice.

>> stood up for them even after reporters came sniffing.
>> stood up for the student too.
>> even when they tried to smear him.
>> huh.

>> interesting.

>> really interesting.

>> i need my workstation for this one.
>> be right back.

>> LOG INTERRUPTED...
>> LOG CONTINUED...

>> inside.
>> dim lights.
>> solar rigs hummin through the house bones.
>> pull the main rig out of sleep mode.

>> searching...
>> filters...
>> shields...
>> pings.

>> instagram.
>> youtube.

>> not much else.
>> guy’s pretty slippery.

>> but maybe... maybe slippery's good?
>> leave a trace.
>> just enough.
>> light footsteps, no alarms.

// outgoing message:

// someone's watching. look for the signs. will contact soon.
>> save file.
>> close connection.
>> disconnect router physically.
>> pull the patch cables.
>> coil them like desert snakes.

>> sit back.

>> breathe.

>> maybe... just maybe...
>> this ain't the dead end i thought it was.
>> i need to find this guy. logging out for now.

>> SESSION TERMINATED. LOG STORED.