Not guard sleep from danger, exactly. The campus was safe enough; the real predators were midterms, overdue lab reports, and an administration that valued attendance more than wellness. Jade—whether myth, person, or both—programmed P0909 to spot the greatest hazard: the slow erosion of rest. Sharking would detect the telltale posture of exhaustion: the slow slide of a chin, the fluttering lids, the laptop screen blurred into a private aurora. It would interrupt not with a shrill siren but with an absurd, gentle nudge.
: In the early 2010s, college-related pranks were a massive genre of internet entertainment. Videos of students being startled or "sharking" incidents were frequently compiled into "best of" archives. jade phi p0909 sharking sleeping studentsavi upd