The screen flashed. A single word appeared:

And Max realized he wasn't alone. A notification bell rang. A new message.

The Bone-Signal of www.load.com

He selected “How to Open the Fridge: A Magnetic Nose Boop Tutorial.”

Max, a scruffy terrier with eyebrows that moved like two independent caterpillars, had a secret life. By day, he was a couch potato, his biggest decision being which sunbeam to nap in. But by night—or rather, by the quiet hours between The Ellen Show ending and his owner, Chloe, falling asleep with her phone on her face—Max was a digital connoisseur.

So he improvised. He deleted the cache. How? He licked the screen. He restarted the app by sneezing on the home button. And then, in a moment of true digital genius, he bit the charging cable.