Nothing. We just needed more listeners. The network was quiet for a long time. But now there’s so much traffic. You’ll hear it soon. I closed the lid. The screen went dark. But the activity light on the WLAN card—the little green LED that had been dead for six months—stayed on. Blinking in a slow, deliberate pattern.
I typed ping 8.8.8.8 . Reply from 169.254.0.1: Destination host unreachable. driver 80211n wlan
Then the chat window opened.
I looked at my power cord, still lying on the floor where I’d left it. Nothing
I clicked “Next.”
Other computers.
I checked my IP. 169.254.0.2.