I'd rather chase theories than just freeze to death. Something's has to stick. We can at least narrow it down.

[Okay, the five minute break actually gets uncomfortable. He thought the break off was odd, but it's House. Maybe something else caught his attention. But the pause goes on too long. Tony is about to send back an additional concerned message when House's next text comes in.]

It could be sabotage. If you know the system as well as it sounds like she did, you could set up a trap to go off after a certain time. Or after a specific prompt. She could conceivably corrupt the system.

[Which was what he had tried to do, in fact. It would explain why the security is so high.]

The network is locked down far more than most I've seen. It feels like the Administrator is preparing for a bigger threat than most of us should be, given that we're coming in stripped down to the basics. She's locked the system down like a bunker.

[And that's his professional opinion, having tried to break it.]

Do you want me to see if someone will get you something?

[You're not getting off that easy, House.]