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Then my father died.

Here’s a very short, atmospheric story based on the phrase It sat in the bottom-right corner of my screen, a tiny, unremarkable circle of gray. For three years, I never clicked it. I didn’t even know what app it belonged to. systray icon

“You haven’t spoken in 1,247 days. I’ve been listening anyway. Type something here.” Then my father died