Leo snorts. The AI will know. A bunch of ones and zeroes. He downloads the .exe, disables his antivirus (a necessary sacrament), and launches the game.

: Standard practice is to launch the trainer first, then start the game.

A sound he has never heard emits from his speakers—not a beep or a chime, but a low, resonant thrum, like a plucked cello string dipped in iron. The screen flickers. His general, a man named Godfrey of Lincoln, now has a health bar that reads: .