The Tether

“Every connection has an origin. And at every end, something is pulling back.” Something is taking shape deep inside the code. An invisible thread is being spun anew, line by line – quiet, relentless, precise. You watch the progress. You wait for it to complete. But the real question is not when this process ends. The question is: who – or what – is waiting at the other end of the line once the connection is finally established?