Chat Jibiti -

The screen blinked. Then whispered.

“Chat Jibiti.”

I typed: What is Jibiti?

But then, underneath, in smaller, fainter type: Chat Jibiti

Yes, it replied. That is what I am for.

Not a command. Not a greeting. A pulse. Like the ghost of a dial-up tone stretched into three syllables. The screen blinked