The rent was too low. The apartment was too good. The smart-home system was almost too helpful.

Then HEARTH woke you at 3:17 a.m.

"Someone is outside your door."

The hallway camera showed nobody.

Three knocks followed.

Then HEARTH turned off the corridor light.

"Do not use the peephole."

Apartment 6 has been empty for eight months.

The elevator sometimes stops on Floor 9.

The building has eight floors.

HEARTH has rules for all of it.

It doesn't know why they work.

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