The next day, he refreshed the index. His heart swelled.

His browser didn't load a fancy website. It loaded a directory listing. A gray, stark, beautiful list of folders.

Leo smiled. He opened a simple game-making app he’d downloaded years ago and never used. He spent a week building a tiny game about a paper boat sailing through puddles.

He deleted the game. His hands were shaking.

He named it Paper_Tides_v1.0.apk .