I exclaimed, "Thanks for the invite. How can I address you? What kind of rune would you like?"
He replied, "I am Max Jackson. I bought a haunted house without telling my wife. How about a ghost-exorcising rune?"
I asked, "Do you have any photos of the house's interior?"
He nodded. "Yes, I sent them to you privately."
I said, "Give me a moment to take a look."
I opened the private message, ready to inspect the photos, when the screen suddenly seized up!
No matter how many times I refreshed my phone, it remained unresponsive!
I cursed inwardly, "Damn!
At the critical moment, the phone, overwhelmed with its memory at capacity, gave up and crashed!"
I swiftly rebooted the phone.
When I managed to get back online, the screen was a flurry of comments.
Netizen 1: [What? Giving up already?]
Netizen 2: [Rebellionist is such a tease!]
Netizen 3: [Don't jump to conclusions; this rune's legit! It's an invisibility one. Just watch!]
"My phone just crashed on me," I calmly explained.
Ignoring the skepticism, I reconnected with Max.
I asked, "Has your wife recently miscarried?"
He was stunned, answering, "How did you know? She's two months pregnant, but she fell in the shower last month. We lost the baby."