After ten days on the road, a missing cable bag reappears, a docking station refuses to cooperate, and a perfectly good MacBook Air stages a silent rebellion. What follows is an afternoon of unplugging, replugging, and negotiating with modern technologyβuntil, without explanation or apology, everything suddenly works again. A short tale of travel, tech, and the quiet certainty that machines only obey once they know youβve truly given up.

