One text. One word.
The people Cedar Hollow supports don’t use anything new.
Walt gets one text from Kinloop in the morning. He answers it with one word. Yes, no, or help. No app to learn. Nothing from Cedar Hollow to install. It’s the same check-in families use.
Walt Ames, Alder County.
A phone held in focus against a pale kitchen wall, with nothing of Cedar Hollow’s anywhere in the scene. On its screen, Walt Ames reads a morning check-in from Kinloop asking whether he took his morning pills and to reply YES, NO, or HELP. He answers YES, and Kinloop replies that nothing else is needed and to have a good day.