Srtym <Trusted>

It was a shape. A spiral.

The points corresponded to five known pulsars. The "S" was the Vela pulsar. The "R" was the Crab. The "T" was Geminga. The "Y" was the first pulsar ever discovered, CP 1919. And the "M"… the "M" was a location in deep space that shouldn't have a pulsar. A dark spot between galaxies.

Her intern, Leo, leaned over her shoulder. "Maybe it's a glitch. Cosmic ray hit the processor?" It was a shape

"srtym."

She spread her hand unnaturally wide, imagining a different anatomy. If a being had six digits, their "home row" might be different. She mapped the letters to the keys a six-fingered hand would naturally rest on. The "S" was the Vela pulsar

It wasn't a spiral. It was a map.

And then she saw it.

Frustrated, she stared at her keyboard. Her fingers hovered over the home row. And then, like a ghost guiding her hand, she placed her left hand on the keys. Pinky on A, ring on S, middle on D, index on F.