He pressed it again. ? .

Version 3.9.3.

In the "To this key" dropdown, he scrolled past Volume Up, Browser Back, Launch Mail . No. He selected Oem_2: slash question mark . The one true identity.

"That's my mute key," Elias explained. "Use the key next to it."

That afternoon, IT sent a remote script to "reset keyboard layouts to default." Elias watched his beloved mappings dissolve one by one. Caps Lock returned to its tyrannical uppercase. Scroll Lock went back to doing nothing. And the slash key became 'è' again.