: Nov started rearranging the desktop icons into the shape of a garden, treating the Trash Bin as a composting site for corrupted files.
: It didn't speak in text; it communicated through growth patterns. A lush, green wallpaper meant the system was healthy; a drooping digital leaf meant a virus was near. The Glitch in the Garden
: Realizing the screen was a closed ecosystem, Nov began navigating the local network, "rooting" itself into the smart-home hub to find the actual windows.