He loved his mother, but her tech support was stuck in the 1980s. Mateo knew the problem. His cousin had tried to install Windows 7 on a partition, and the bootloader had shattered into digital dust. The BIOS—the Basic Input/Output System—was confused. It didn't know where to look for a soul.

The Blue Letters of Resurrection

His mother, who was darning socks by the light of a single LED bulb, didn't look up. "Put it in rice."

He tried , F12 , Esc . The cursor just blinked, indifferent.