>_ Ghost in the Shellcode

Welcome to TANTALUS — classified terminal interface v1.0

[TANTALUS] :: Initiating diagnostic ping...

[TANTALUS] :: Puzzle 1/5 :: Security clearance required.

“I live in your shell, but I am not real.
I know every command you type, yet I do not feel.
Kill me and I vanish — but I was never alive.
Who am I?”