On the central screen, a progress bar appeared:
The system was patient. And integrations, after all, are never truly one-way. arena qms integrations
A green pulse.
But at the bottom of the screen, in a tiny, gray font, was a new line of text that had never been there before. Integration paused. Not forgotten. Elara stared at it for a long time. Then she unplugged the network cable from the wall. On the central screen, a progress bar appeared: