He played a soft chord on the piano. The note hung in the air like a held breath.
Arthur sat very still. He checked the metadata. Johnny Starlight had died in 2043, two years after the show was cancelled. Alone. The Burbank studio had been demolished in 2058. The parking lot was now a data center—Terrabyte’s main hub.
Johnny Starlight’s voice, raw and alive, whispered through the tiny speakers: “I’ll bring sandwiches.”