[ Silence between two people, even contemplative, always seems like it stretches into infinity. When that silence is comprised of mutual perplexity, it seems even longer. Severus might possess more frustrations with technology than she ever will, having been born into it, but her experience and knowledge begins and ends with restarting the wireless router in the living room to make the wifi reboot itself. ]

I wonder if it would still work if we tried to go down there again, now that the old network got all infected with that virus and crashed. If it works, then we know it's not just some kind of defense mechanism trying to get William's... influence or whatever out of its way, if we can actually relay back between the halls and comms. [ She looks at the spot where the pillow separates from the mattress and arches an eyebrow. ] I wonder what else it's got on it.