Autor pats Buster on the head when he returns, absently, as the boy's examining his new phone. He's never owned one before, not even from the bar, and he's amazed at how many features it has, and at the fact that the screen moves under his fingers. He spends about an hour playing with the gadget, figuring out the apps.

He sends a text to Wilford, once he figures out how to slowly type words using the on-screen keyboard: Buster is happy. I make food for him soon.

Next, Autor pulls up the map, and spends about twenty minutes familiarizing himself with the area. According to the map app, there's a store potentially holding food about two miles away. Autor plans to visit that store as soon as he makes a list.

He pats Buster again and crosses to the kitchen. Opening cabinets and the fridge reveals just what he thought: there's not much food available, and he doesn't understand the Korean on the labels of what is available. He calls a quill, an ink well, and a piece of parchment out of his sylladex, and starts writing up a grocery list in a long, flowing script.