the endless corridor stretched before me, a monument to our digitized knowledge. fluorescent lights marched in perfect formation overhead while screens flickered like distant stars in the darkness, each one a window into corrupted data. the polished floor caught their reflections, creating an infinite mirror of our technological hubris. it reminded me of those vast server farms where information goes to die, transformed from cherished books into cold binary. the symmetry felt almost religious, like a cathedral built to worship at the altar of artificial intelligence. in the dark spaces between the screens, i imagined the ghosts of lost data wandering endlessly, searching for their original form.