As if in response, a text box flickered at the bottom of the screen: 3.9.1: Observing the atmospheric refractive index. Focus locked on the soul of the stone.
To the world, it was just a minor patch for a niche camera-tethering utility. To Elias, a veteran architectural photographer whose eyes were beginning to fail him, it was a rumored "ghost in the machine." He clicked Update .
Elias checked his watch. He had twenty minutes before the "Golden Hour" faded over the cathedral he was shooting. He dialed the software to 85% and watched the live feed.