THE FIRST RELEASE

For billions of years, gaseous biological energy was released and forgotten.

Every fart disappeared into the atmosphere.

Until one didn't.

An experimental monitoring system detected an anomalous release.

The particles should have dispersed.

They didn't.

Instead they accelerated.

Researchers attempted containment. Pressure increased.

They reduced system energy. Velocity increased.

They isolated the chamber. The anomaly continued moving.

Eventually the researchers discovered something unexpected.

The biological host was becoming irrelevant.

The fart had entered the network.

It no longer needed the human.

No one knows where it ends.