Dr. Peter Thorne

there had to be more going on.

With a sigh, he set down the pen and tapped on his watch.

The home screen lit up like normal, displaying a photo of Thorne's wife and daughter happily smiling into the camera.

He flipped through the pages, displaying his latest text messages, heart rate, and step count.

The watch face suddenly turned from white to pale purple, and the words, "'How are you today?'

popped onto the screen.

With a frown, Thorn tapped on the message.

It disappeared, suddenly replaced with rows of faces in various colors, wearing different expressions."

He clicked on the smiley yellow one.

He instantly became lighter and happier than he'd ever been.

Every worry flew from his mind and the world was brighter than before.

He pressed the red frowny face and rage erupted in his veins, so powerful that he wanted to smash the room apart.

He hurriedly tapped a different face.

This one blew with a straight mouth.

Melancholia wrapped around him, holding him so tight he couldn't breathe.

He switched back to the yellow face, gasping in relief as joy took over.

Thorn skipped from the room with a smile on his face, leaving the logbook blank for the day.

The longer he wore the watch, the more capabilities he discovered.

When his heart rate increased, the watch calmed him down.

When he was at the end of his daily walk, he changed his step count goal from 7,000 to 14,000.