No splash screen. No logos. The game opened straight to a black void, then resolved into a single image: a colossal oak tree at the edge of a cliff, its branches bare except for one blood-red leaf. The sky was a permanent twilight. The wind in the headphones was binaural—so real he glanced at his window again.
“You downloaded a free thing. Nothing is free. One memory will fall from your mind forever. Choose:”
Leo chose ACCEPT FALL.