LISA POVDay two of the festival opened to a sky that looked almost identical to the day before: clear at the edges, with clouds building toward the west.The festival picked up speed. More people pushed into every open space.I reached for my phone. The network had been unstable since the previous afternoon. My messages were spinning and not confirming delivery. That morning, it was gone entirely.I turned the phone off, waited, turned it back on, and watched the signal bars stay empty.“Seriously?” I muttered, tapping the screen again.I tried Sasha. The call failed. I went to find my mother."Network is out," I said, standing outside her door."Mine too," she said. "I tried calling your brother and Kieran earlier.”I headed back to my room and leaned against the headboard, annoyed more than worried. Sasha had said she was coming with strawberry cake, and knowing her, she would either show up late with it or forget entirely.I had been looking at nothing in particular, just the grey
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