A response.
Below it, the small gray text had changed. do downloads continue in sleep mode
“Do downloads continue in sleep mode?” A response
Silence. Then, a faint vibration. Not the rhythmic pulse of a notification—more like a heartbeat. Deep. Thrumming. Mika was too tired to question it. She rolled over and fell into a dreamless sleep. She woke to cold. Not the ambient chill of a poorly heated building, but a focused, surgical cold pressing against her temple. Her eyes snapped open. A response. Below it
She tapped it.