Elias stared at his laptop screen, the blue light reflecting in his tired eyes. Outside his apartment window, the city of Seattle was quiet, muffled by the relentless drizzle of a Pacific Northwest autumn. Inside, the silence was heavier, broken only by the low hum of the cooling fans.

He watched the document, terrified. If the page refreshed, or if the browser crashed, his work—thousands of words, the emotional payoff of three years of research—would vanish into the ether.

: Navigate to the Google Docs website in your browser.