He sat back, realizing the most expensive thing he had ever used was free software. He had tried to steal, and in return, he had lost everything. The only way out was to find a spare laptop and start typing, fast, from memory—and hope he could remember his own words.
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Elias stared at the screen, the blinking cursor now mocking his desperate attempt to bypass the hard work. He had no thesis, no computer, and 47 hours left.
He pasted his rough, barely-cobbled-together first draft into the checker and ran the analysis. The screen showed a loading bar. Scanning... 30%... 60%... 100%.