The world shattered like a dropped phone screen. Tiles became numbers. Trains became lines of code. The monster screamed in BASIC. The Inspector waved once – a sad, tired wave – and then dissolved into dust.
Fresh, mid-dab on a moving flatbed car, shrugged. “Hear what? My beat is fire today.”
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Jake woke up on the home screen.