In the end, Avery realized the generator’s hiccup had been a gift. It had nudged the team into paying attention, into reading rather than guessing, into turning a single PDF into a communal thread. The machine hummed on, steadier for the care it received; the manual lay on the workbench, edges softened, its pages rubbed with use — neither relic nor oracle, just a practical thing that helped people do their work better.