He was tired. Tired enough to break protocol.
It was Reyes, the site safety lead. But Reyes wasn’t supposed to be here after 8 p.m. hardhat electronics lededit download
Marco pulled out his company tablet. No internet down here, but the dam’s internal network was live. He opened a forbidden terminal and typed: lededit download --override safety . He was tired
He’d downloaded it two nights ago, hunched over his home PC, the glow of the monitor reflecting off his own dusty hardhat sitting on the desk. hunched over his home PC
He hit it.