Then it changed.

-HcLs- Acknowledged. -HcLs- Welcome to the Helios Closed Loop System. -HcLs- Your first directive follows.

-HcLs- Call home.

She stared at the machine. The cursor blinked. Then a new line typed itself out, character by character, as if someone—or something—was waiting for her to claim a name she never knew she had.