A terminal window opened—black, with green text scrolling too fast to read. Then it stopped.

The download was suspiciously fast. 300 MB in under two seconds. His rural internet had never moved that quickly.

His phone buzzed on the desk. A text from his wife: Did you fix the printer? The baby monitor is acting weird.

The printer spat out the photo. The woman’s lips, still wet with ink, curved into a smile.