Azura's eyes scanned the rows of humming equipment in the lab, her mind focused on the data streaming across her screens. She had spent countless hours poring over the code, searching for anomalies, and her dedication had finally paid off. A peculiar signal had caught her attention, a sequence of 1s and 0s that didn't fit any known pattern.
"Azura, what's taking so long?" her colleague, Dr. Patel, asked, peering over her shoulder. "We need those results for the meeting tomorrow."
"Just a minute, Raj," Azura replied, her fingers flying across the keyboard. "I'm trying to understand this signal."
Raj raised an eyebrow. "Signal? What signal?"
"The one I'm seeing here," Azura said, pointing to the screen. "It's like nothing I've ever seen before."
Raj's expression turned skeptical. "That's probably just noise, Azura. Ignore it."
Azura's eyes narrowed. She knew what she was seeing, and it wasn't noise.