His thumb hovered over the screen. The train jolted, and the bar flickered to .

Leo blinked. “Uh… yeah. For a flight.”

A man in a faded business suit sat down across from him. He wasn’t looking at Leo. He was looking at the phone. Or rather, through it.

The man smiled, this time warmly. “Smart kid. The old ways are dying. But we keep them alive by sharing, not hoarding.” He stood as the train pulled into the next station. “If you want to download from Crunchyroll safely, you come find me. Name’s Kaito. I run the offline archive at Shinjuku Station. Under the south exit. Ask for the ‘Episode 26’ club.”

Leo paused the download (). “Before-times?”