The office was cold, smelled of stale coffee, and was buried under mountains of blueprints. Yuri sat at his desk, staring at a red warning on his screen:
A 60-second countdown timer that felt like sixty years.
By dawn, the blueprints were updated. The red warning was gone, replaced by a green checkmark. Yuri hit "Send" to the fabrication floor and leaned back. He didn't need a toaster. He had the standard. 🏗️