Peter hadn't noticed it before, but he definitely noticed it now. The yellow light on the side of Connor's head. His school laptop had an LED indicator that lit up from time to time like it: blue when it was on and functioning, red when it was overheating or couldn't be booted up, and yellow when it was processing slowly of locking up.

Was Connor locking up? Guilt suddenly swells inside of Peter as he closes the space between him and Connor. "Hey," he says. "Connor, are you okay?"