Night Patrol Under the Console

The floor level gets interesting once the overhead lights go out. I navigated past the forest of chair legs and headed straight for the shadowy gap under the low wooden media console. It looked pitch black at first, but the faint green glow from a router adapter gave just enough ambient light to chart a route. Right in the middle of the floorboards, I found an abandoned metal paperclip. With a quick bend against a furniture foot, I fashioned it into a sturdy little trekking pole. It made navigating around thick power cords and dust piles remarkably smooth.