Knock. Knock-knock. Come-come-come.

“Version 2.0.3,” the badger said. “We fixed the memory leak. Last time, guests forgot they were real. This time…” It winked. “You’ll forget you were ever not here.”

The download finished in three seconds—impossible for a 20GB file. But before he could check, his apartment lights flickered. A knock came from his closet door.