He didn't turn around. He watched the monitor as the wireframe window on the screen "opened." The red dot moved inside.

A white, wireframe outline of Elias's desk appeared on the screen. Then his monitors. Then a wireframe version of Elias himself, sitting in his chair.

His mouse hovered over a link on a Serbian message board: aimp_2398_ext.zip . He clicked. The download was instant.

The "music" shifted. The cello melody vanished, replaced by a rhythmic, wet tapping. Tup. Tup. Tup.