: Always look for the padlock icon in the address bar. Secure sites start with https:// , which helps protect the data you send to the site.

: Ensure you have active, up-to-date antivirus software like CrowdStrike or similar endpoint protection to block potential threats.

Mara settled into a corner and watched. She’d come to Zooskool unsure whether it taught skills she needed or simply offered a refuge. Neither and both, she realized. Lessons here were tiny and strange: how to fold an apology so it didn’t sting; how to write down a fear and feed it to a plant; how to make tea for someone who’d forgotten how to ask for help. The teachers didn’t grade you; they gave you objects. A cassette tape, a paper bird, a key with no obvious lock. “Tools,” Lena said once, as if each item might open a different kindness.