(Reader's P.O.V.)

I look at Miles then at the otherworldly Sonic. I clutch the laptop closer, then take a deep breath. With all the force I could muster, I throw the laptop with all my might. "NO!" "NO!" I stumble and nearly go off the edge but someone grabs my hoodie and pulls me back. When I try to see who it is, the only thing I see is black pixels fading into nothing. "Thank you..." I hear a small voice whisper.

*Some months later...*

I opened up a game store recently. We buy and sell old used games. My customers are mostly adults or people around my age. I man the shop on weekends. Today, I'm at the register when something strange happens. A kid around 12ish shows up with a strange disk case with a blue tape label. "Can you take this, please? I don't want any money for it, I just want to get rid of it." I look at the blue tape label. Written in sharpie, "SONIC.EXE".

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