Srtym Direct

"srtym."

It was a stretch. But then she looked at the physical positions of those keys on the QWERTY keyboard. S, R, T, Y, M. They formed a jagged, almost straight line down the center-left of the board. "srtym

She typed the letters slowly, not as a word, but as a path . She placed her finger on S, then moved to R (up and right), then to T (up and left), then to Y (up and right), then to M (down and left). She traced the motion. M. They formed a jagged

It looked like a cat had walked across a keyboard. That was the first thought of Dr. Elara Vance when she saw the transmission: not as a word