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Elias read it twice, his thumb hovering over the 'Accept' button. He sat in the breakroom of the Omori Tower, the morning light filtering through the smog outside. He was a Junior Data Scrubber, unremarkable in every way, except for the fact that he had noticed the glitch three weeks ago.
The street was pristine. The NPC population moved in fluid rivers. They adhered to the new 'pathfinding optimization.' No one bumped into anyone. They swerved with mathematical precision, like schools of fish.
Elias looked up. It was Sarah from Accounting. She was holding a mug. The steam rising from it was a perfect, looping animation. In v0.9, she would have sighed and said, "Mondays, right?" or asked about the weather. She would have looked him in the eye.
He realized then that the 'Journey' was over. A journey implies discovery, implies connection, implies the unknown reactions of the world. This was a treadmill.
Elias walked to the park at the city center. It was a green oasis of generated nature. On a bench sat an old woman. In the old version, she fed pigeons and told stories about the 'Before Times.' Players used to farm her for lore.
"Hey, Elias."