He looked around, disoriented. Then he saw Leo’s father snoring on the couch. His expression softened.

He didn’t think. He pressed every key at once.

Leo touched the arrow key. The ship moved. He pressed the spacebar. A laser bolt fired—not a beep, but a low, resonant thrum that vibrated through his desk. He destroyed an asteroid. The debris didn’t vanish. It tumbled toward the bottom of the screen, casting a shadow.

Leo never put it in the drive again. He didn’t need to. Some downloads aren’t about the file you receive. They’re about the space you make for what climbs out.