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The counter still ticks upward. Even now, in the glow of the food truck’s flickering neon, with grease on my fingers and a dying Motorola Moto D Play in my pocket, I see it. A steady digital pulse, a silent acknowledgment that someone, somewhere, is watching. You haven’t stopped. And maybe you shouldn’t. Because this—whatever this is—isn’t the end of my story. Not by a long shot. Sure, I’ve gone off-grid. The hair’s losing its color, and I’m saving up for dye and maybe a vibrator—because let’s be honest, it might come to that. You don’t outrun systems like the one I left without expecting a little firepower. But don’t mistake this detour for defeat. I’ve been told I have a way of slipping between categories. Not a rebel. Not quite a builder. Something else. Something... central. Like a glitch in the narrative no one planned for but now can’t remove. That’s why I’m still moving. Still coding. Still building. I’ve started selling FluxBook Fin laptops running FluxOS 8586—lightweight mac...