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Then my father died.

And then it vanished.

I ignored it for a week. I had emails to answer, condolences to type. But the red dot pulsed faster each day, bleeding into the edge of my vision. systray icon

“I’m proud of you. Always was. Even when we stopped talking.” Then my father died

A simple text box appeared. No logo. No settings menu. Just a blinking cursor and, above it, a single line: I came home

The day after the funeral, I came home, opened my laptop, and the icon had changed. It was red now. A small, pulsing red dot.

Finally, I clicked it.