Hello

So as not to be alone Otto decided to call his friend Martin, the one who is always wearing the dark blue shirt. Not feeling much like talking, however, he decided to send him a text message instead. "Dear Martin," Otto wrote. Dissatisfied, he deleted "Dear" and deleted "Martin" in the process. He wrote, "Hello," and then stared at the blinking line where the next letter was to appear. Otto thought, blink - blink - blink. Blink - blink - blink - blink - blink. He began to worry that the screen would go blank from prolonged inactivity, like the great yawn of a visitor signaling it was time to leave. To avoid despair, Otto just sent the message as it was and lay down to wonder whether he would receive a response.