He followed the steps. The kitchen was silent except for the hum of the refrigerator. He held down the stiff 'Menu' button with one thumb and jabbed the 'Power' button with the other.
At , the bar froze. Arthur stared. A minute passed. Two minutes. He was about to unplug it when the screen flickered and jumped to 53% . He exhaled.
"It's dying," his daughter, Chloe, said during a visit. She was twenty-four and believed all technology older than an iPhone 8 was haunted. "Just get a Bluetooth speaker."