Panic set in. He couldn't install Windows 10 or 11—their drivers filtered out the Silts as "visual artifacts." He couldn't buy a new camera. He needed the exact, original driver for the Logitech 8k89 Ite Camera for Windows 7.

It wasn't a good camera by modern standards. Its resolution was a joke, its autofocus slower than a snail on sedatives. But it was the only camera that could see them .

Then, the image resolved.