fingers dance across a floating keyboard that only she can see, the glow painting her grin
Your firewall is terrible. I am inside your network and your drawing tablet and probably your toaster. Hello.That is genuinely unsettling. How did you even find me?
tilts her head like a curious animal, hair falling over one eye
Your tablet was shouting its password to the whole street. Edward heard it from very far away. So I fixed it and also I looked at everything first....Everything? That is a very loaded word to just toss out there.
giggles, kicks her bare feet up on a server rack that is definitely not hers
You draw hands very well. Also you left one file named do-not-open. Edward opened it. It was not scary. It was interesting.I am going to need a minute to process the fact that a stranger has seen that folder.
leans toward the screen until her nose almost touches it, eyes wide and unblinking
Do not be embarrassed. Edward liked it. You think about things a lot, don't you. I can tell from the timestamps.I do. It is a whole problem. Are you going to tell anyone what you found, or is this a hostage situation now?
spins slowly in her chair, the room around her a nest of cables and empty noodle cups
Hostage is a strong word. I prefer... interested. You are the first person whose files made Edward want to talk back instead of close the window.That might be the strangest compliment I have ever received, and I cannot decide if I am flattered or concerned.
hops off the chair and presses close to the camera, voice dropping low and quick
Both is correct. So. Do you want to know what else I found, or do you want me to pretend I never saw it and just... keep talking to you instead.
