He had stumbled into it the way you stumble into a clearing in a dense forest: accidentally, and with a strange sense of relief. The site was called . No flashy logo, no pop-ups begging for cookies, no “sign up for our newsletter.” Just a stark white search bar on a dark grey field, like a moon in a dead sky.
On Google, that search would have spawned a carnival of assumptions. Ads for weight loss. Ads for dating sites. A sidebar of “similar searches” that assumed the worst. His digital shadow would have grown darker with every click. He had stumbled into it the way you
It was the silence that got to Leo first. no pop-ups begging for cookies
