Mira paused. Checked her volume. Unpaused.
The game crashed to desktop. The torrent client still showed 100% seeding. She closed it. She closed the browser. She sat in the dark for a long time, the only sound the hum of her laptop’s fan winding down. Mira paused
The doors to the Sleeping Giant Inn hung ajar. Inside, the fire pit was lit, but no one sat around it. Delphine’s key was on the bar. The room beyond, where Orgnar usually slept, was dark. the fire pit was lit