The update was only 3MB. Too small for anything real. Curiosity outweighed caution. He copied EBOOT.PBP to his memory stick, navigated to , and ran the updater.

PSP@KERNEL:/mnt/secret/>

He selected Satellite Mode. The screen asked for coordinates. On a whim, he entered the lat/long of his own backyard.

The Wi-Fi light blinked amber again. Then, from the speakers, not static, but a voice—clear, distant, like a radio signal from a passing car:

Below it, a single folder appeared: time_capsule/