For the first hour, nothing happened. The screen displayed a barren, deep-sea trench. Gray sediment. No light. Kael almost alt-tabbed out. Then, a single pixel quivered near a hydrothermal vent. It split. Then again. Then again.
The tentacles stopped. All of them. For a full minute, nothing moved. Then, in perfect unison, they bowed.
He clicked “Start.”
He tried to click on one. A red notification flashed: