Then the screen went black.
Leo tried to scrub forward. The bar wouldn’t move. He checked the file size: 0 bytes.
The man—the Rocket Driver—said nothing. He just pushed a throttle that looked like a salvaged gearshift. The 720p resolution softened the edges of the world, making the clouds look like oil paintings left out in the rain.
The Driver’s voice finally came. Low. Scratched. “I’m not delivering packages anymore.”
The comm crackled again. “Driver, you are outside the authorized zone. Return to base. That’s an order.”