Better - Midv578

The bus smelled of rain and old coffee when Mara stepped aboard, wrapping her scarf tighter against the April wind. She’d never meant to ride this far; she’d only meant to go far enough to be invisible for an hour, to unthread herself from the small knots of her life. Then the driver had taken the last left before the highway and the town began to look like another country: low hills, shuttered houses, a single neon cross bleeding red into the mist.

All tests were performed on the reference firmware (Linux‑4.19, kernel‑optimized drivers). midv578