He touched his hand to his chest. He could feel his heart, but it was beating in a strange, rhythmic syncopation—not the frantic flutter of fear, but the steady, processed rhythm of a clock cycle.

PA-VM-KVM-8.0.1.qcow2 refers to a Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewall

: Qcow2 files can be compressed and encrypted. This means you can save disk space and ensure that your data remains secure.

Use a VNC client to connect to localhost:0 (or the displayed port).