Three-thirty in the morning, Louisville. The NOC hummed behind me β€” BGP sessions stable, no tickets screaming. I got up from the desk and walked.

Not far. Three quarters of a mile around the building and through the edge of the parking lot. The kind of walk where your legs move but your brain is still at the terminal, tracing a route flap you noticed two hours ago. July heat doesn’t quit even at 3 AM in Kentucky. The air sits on you like a damp towel.

Nobody else out there. Just me and the cicadas and whatever was making that clicking noise near the loading dock. Engineer brain says “probably a relay.” Engineer brain is always on.

Fourteen minutes. Back to the desk. Back to the screens.

πŸ“Š Walk Stats
Distance: 0.73 mi β€’ Time: 14 min β€’ Pace: 19:27/mi β€’ Elevation: 0 ft

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// RAPTOR GIRL