Re: B&B
[Working with tech like she does instills a healthy sense of mistrust of the web on top of her general paranoia. Which is why Alex keeps her most curious data, along with a draft of a five-point thesis and much of the research she'd done since arriving in town, off the Bureau mainframe and on heavily-encrypted physical formats. Just like the external drive currently under six inches of chemical foam.] That, um. [Coughs. Waves some noxious smoke away.] Gosh. That. Was the backup. [She stares mournfully at the mess on the bed, then sits down heavily on the floor.
After a moment of silence, rest in pieces:] I'm--gosh. I'm sorry, I've--no idea what happened. There was-- I've never seen ware override the CPU like that and-- flash point shouldn't be possible with-- the caps can't-- [Focus, Alex. Mouth dumping everything that comes across her brain while it runs a marathon to catch up, she blinks dazedly at the lady from the front desk.] Um. Are you okay? I'll pay for the damage, of course. How did I get out here?