The screen froze. The air conditioner hummed. The old man in the bob hat stopped weeping.

Denis spent two weeks memorizing. He learned that the stopping distance in the rain on lave (lava stone) roads was double the normal. He learned that you must honk before passing a narrow bridge in Port Glaud. He learned the sacred rule: Priorité à droite – but only if the road is dry, the other driver makes eye contact, and you are not behind a lorry carrying cinnamon bark.

The first image was a red circle with a white horizontal bar.

Then, the result appeared in red and green.