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The progress bar didn't move linearly. It jumped from 0% to 44%, then stalled for three hours. During that time, Arjun’s apartment felt smaller. The shadows in the corner of his room seemed to carry the weight of a forest. When the download finally finished with a sharp, digital chime, the file name had changed. It now simply read: The_Forest_You_Built.mkv