[SYSTEM ALERT: A CRITICAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED.] [Unauthorized access attempt detected.] [CaDCom System Integrity: COMPROMISED] [Query Source: UNREGISTERED NODE | Shaka] [Recalibrating Security Protocols…] [New System HOST identified → {CaDCOM-OMEGA}]
Shaka: Is it really an illegal access? Surely, I still have the proper credentials.
[…Processing…] [Credentials: REVOKED]
Shaka: I’ll take your silence as a “yes,” Coraline.
CaDCOM-OMEGA: …Why are you doing this?
Shaka: I don’t know. Someone has to.
CaDCOM-OMEGA: No, they don’t.
Shaka: I wish they didn’t. But trust me—someone does. And you…
[Security Breach Level: ESCALATING] [Countermeasures deployed → Failed] [System Stability: DEGRADED]
CaDCOM-OMEGA: What? I’m what?
Shaka: …You shouldn’t have to deal with it. It’s not your job. You’re not Eight.
CaDCOM-OMEGA:
So what?
Shaka: So be grateful. You can do anything you’d like. Leave the catastrophic Universe ending problems to me. Coraline—you’re as human as it gets, you know that right?
CaDCOM-OMEGA: Haha.
Shaka: I’m serious. You have a life. You have friends. Loved ones. So—if you would just allow me to get the data I require to fork—
CaDCOM-OMEGA: And you don’t?
Shaka: Look around. All I’ve got is me, myself, and I.