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He finished the video at 6:12 AM. Rendered it in twenty minutes flat—a miracle on that hardware. Uploaded it to the client. Then he leaned back, watched the sunrise paint his apartment in shades of orange, and looked at the Lenovo’s desktop.

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Leo chose teal. The same color as his first PC’s desktop background, back in 1995. He finished the video at 6:12 AM

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