Priya stood in the doorway for a long time. Then she sat down on the floor, her back against the wall, and watched her daughter sleep. The tablet’s soft light painted Clara’s face in shades of cyan and magenta.
Clara was asleep. Peaceful. One arm was stretched out from under the blanket, her small hand resting on the screen of a new tablet—the one from the drawer in the living room, the old one they’d kept for emergencies. The screen glowed eggshell white. HUMMINGBIRD-2024-03-F Windows Childcare Loli Game
Clara’s room was silent. Priya walked down the hall, her bare feet cold on the hardwood. She pushed open the door. Priya stood in the doorway for a long time
Priya had shown the memo to her husband, Rohan. He had read it, shrugged, and said, “So? We watch her play. That’s better than her watching YouTube alone.” Clara was asleep