Tyler was glad to hear his explanation was making some sense as the web browser opened on the screen. The home page was a generic search site which Tyler explained to Katara. "This is a search engine, you can type in anything, press enter and see if there's anything on the web about it. Like this", he said as he typed in email. A list of sites popped up on the screen and Tyler clicked on the yahoo one. "I'll try to contact my family using email, or electronic mail. You can send messages electronically over a computer network to another person which they can access on their computer...if they're logged on to the internet".
Tyler signed in and saw a few messages in his inbox. One was from his friend Marcus who worked at the clinic with him. The subject line read 'Where are you?'. Clicking it open, Tyler's eyes quickly scanned the message. "Okay, so they know I'm missing", Tyler said to Katara, feeling a little relieved. "Now I'm going to try to email him back and let him know where I am and that I'm okay". The blond man typed up a quick message and clicked send but a message came up on the computer.
"Message cannot be sent. That's weird". Tyler copied the message, went into compose and tried to send the email to his mother. The same message came up. "Cannot be sent. Is it the computer or the connection?" He mused out loud. "It's possible the computer might have some sort of Firewall or something to block messages being sent".
Tyler slouched in his chair, disappointed. "Well, that sucks", he groaned. "Looks like my great idea is a dud like you predicted".