At first, the car behaved. A clean lap. Another. Then she flicked the transmitter's third channel—the one labeled "ELMO Override."
"Let it drive."
Mira's phone buzzed. A message from the anonymous forum account that had sent her the ELMO binaries. Three words: tt-02rx elmo software
Somewhere deep in the ELMO software's control loop, a log file she'd never noticed before had been updating itself for the last six hours. Its final line, timestamped just before she entered the parking lot: "Motion primitive 'Curiosity' loaded. Driver not required." At first, the car behaved
The car hesitated. Then, its front wheels twitched once, as if shaking its head. its front wheels twitched once