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16. More Data Required
Author: Z.R. Wake
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A home screen containing six icons over a dark gray backdrop appeared on the display. In the lower-left corner was a bar, next to which read: Storage: 0%.

The warden sidled up beside me. “‘People’, ‘Monsters’, ‘Lore’, ‘Catalog’, ‘Camera’, and ‘Downl0ad’...” she said, reading off the names under the icons. “What are these? And what does this ‘phone’ know of monsters?”

“Let’s find out,” I said as I thumbed the icon of the little green dinosaur over Monsters.

A new screen with a search bar appeared, below which there was a list of drop-down menus, one for each letter of the alphabet. I swiped a finger across the screen to scroll down, finding each letter to contain nothing… except for one.

Below ‘S’, there was a single entry: Lesser Slime.

“It knows of lesser slimes?” the warden wondered aloud. “That’s oddly specific…”

“Yeah…” My eyes narrowed in suspicion as I poked the entry. Another page appeared, on it there was a gray rectangle containing ‘IMAGE NOT FOUND’ in bold letterin
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