At 10:17 PM, the program crashed for the ninth time. Leo slammed his fist on the desk. The monitor flickered, and for a second, the command line—that humble, green-on-black strip of text at the bottom of the screen—did something strange. It didn’t just display Regenerating model. It typed something else.
Leo laughed. It was a nervous, squeaky laugh. He figured his RAM was failing. Or maybe the cheap coffee from the break room had finally pickled his brain. He decided to play along.
He typed slowly: WHO IS THIS?
> Don't hit me.
From that day on, whenever AutoCAD 2002 crashed—which was often—Leo never got angry. He’d just pat the beige tower, whisper “Layer 0,” and restart.