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... He reached the basement. It was filled with the roar of massive liquid-nitrogen fans.

Elias slammed his fist onto the 'Manual Eject' lever. The world turned white. The sensation of his body being pulled apart suddenly snapped back together like a rubber band. The Aftermath HTMS-05801:37:34 Min

He looked at his hands. They were shaking. He didn't want to be a string of code in a server farm; he wanted the smell of rain on hot asphalt and the sting of cold wind. The Glitch Elias slammed his fist onto the 'Manual Eject' lever

... He scrambled through a ventilation shaft, the metal tearing at his jumpsuit. The Aftermath He looked at his hands

He stepped out of the basement and into the midnight air of the city. He was still biological. He was still real. And for the first time in his life, he had all the time in the world.