She looked at the keyboard. She could type Y . She could grant access. The flood would wipe out the coastal district—but also the evidence of what Aris had become. Or she could type N . The server would lock her in. The city would be safe, but she'd be trapped here with a ghost.

Unknown entity. Last known administrator: Dr. Aris Thorne. Status: Deceased.

If the code calls AdjustTokenPrivileges for SeDebugPrivilege and fails, the developer may have programmed the tool to abort rather than return partial information.