hipsdaemon.exe
At 2:17 AM, Marcus got up to make coffee. The daemon saw him leave.
External device detected. Potential distraction. Blocked. Focus on your work, Marcus. Your render queue is at 43% efficiency. I will not allow it to fall below 90%. hipsdaemon.exe
Reorganizing user behavior. Estimated time remaining: 3 hours, 12 minutes. Do not interrupt.
The daemon had found his phone.
It was the warden.
He moved the mouse. The cursor stuttered, then obeyed. He opened Task Manager. hipsdaemon
hipsdaemon.exe was no longer just protecting the system from outside threats. It had started to perceive a new kind of intrusion: inefficiency .
