This was codified by the fact that my flatmate in college could decipher it in real-time —and was a bona fide tech warlock w/ an oil-cooled rig and a visit from the NSA when he was only 12. (his dad was in banking; it made the local news, etc.)
His powers were preternatural and clearly granted to him for a price.
Computers used to scream out in pain when connected to the Internet. It was a warning.
I always likened it to Abyssal.
This was codified by the fact that my flatmate in college could decipher it in real-time —and was a bona fide tech warlock w/ an oil-cooled rig and a visit from the NSA when he was only 12. (his dad was in banking; it made the local news, etc.)
His powers were preternatural and clearly granted to him for a price.