T Mobile 36.0.2 -

THANK YOU FOR BEING A VALUED CUSTOMER.

The phone displayed a final line in bright magenta: t mobile 36.0.2

T-MOBILE OS 36.0.2 VOICE_NET: ONLINE DATA_NET: OFFLINE OVERLAY: ACTIVE WELCOME, USER 7-BRAVO-NOVEMBER THANK YOU FOR BEING A VALUED CUSTOMER

Her apartment was silent. Then—a whisper. Not in the room, but in her head , as clear as a phone call on noise-canceling earbuds. but in her head

T-MOBILE 36.0.2 YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NOW PART OF THE NETWORK. SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE.

She squinted, groggy. “At three in the morning?” she mumbled. Her thumb swiped “Later.”

The phone buzzed again. Harder. The vibration skittered the device to the edge of the table.