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I stared at it. Three seconds. Maybe four.

"Of course," I repeated.

A whisper. From outside the simulation. From the real . I stared at it

But her error message would haunt the logs forever. I stared at it

The virtual machine loaded.

A highway that looped back on itself. A door in a building that opened to the same hallway no matter which direction you entered. People whose faces reset when you blinked. I stared at it

I reached for the mouse.