The World of Myth Magazine

Speech recognition renders it, "Lorraine's stopped."I didn't even know she had started. I haven't seen her in twenty years, and she's slipped my consciousness and I'm just commenting on the weather.

I try some more with this failing function and get offered, "I mist you", "Snow matter" and, speaking carefully, "Just fog, get it."

Then my index finger starts a social media search and it's not too hard and Lorraine's fine and pleased and surprised to hear from me. But no, not so fine actually, and as an old friend, I couldn't lend her two hundred quid, could I?