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“What node?”

She pulled over. Restarted the engine. U1025-00 glowed green on her scanner again: Timeout .

“Let me see the logs,” she said.

“Unless the BCM was compromised,” she finished.

Outside, the fog pressed against the garage windows. Lena’s car sat on the lift, tires still, headlights dark. But inside the cabin, the dashboard clock flickered once. 3:33 AM.

U1025-00.

“Just a ghost,” her mechanic said, wiping grease onto a rag. “Loose wire, maybe. Old cars talk to themselves too much.”

“Yes.” He looked at her oddly. “Unless something else was using that line.”