That was the page where, as a child, Luka had drawn a terrible, purple crayon monster next to the word slon (elephant). The PDF showed the same illustration — a kind elephant holding a balloon — but in the scan, the margin was blank.

The download took seven seconds — a ghost traveling through fiber optics. When he opened the file, his screen filled with the familiar blue cover. The sun was still smiling. The letters A , B , V still stood like little wooden soldiers at the top.

In the autumn of 2023, Luka found himself typing strange words into the search bar of an old laptop. The screen flickered. His fingers, used to typing emails and passwords, hesitated over the phrase:

The rabbit came home. The story ended with a question: "And you — what sound will you follow when you are lost?"

He looked at the snow and whispered: