Elias scrambled to his feet. The door to the hallway was gone. In its place was a wall of shimmering, translucent lines. He pushed against it, and his hand sank through the wall as if it were made of heavy gelatin.
He typed dir to check the file size.
ERROR: READ-ONLY FILE SYSTEM. USER "ELIAS" DOES NOT HAVE ADMIN PRIVILEGES. autocad zip
The grid lines began to dissolve into darkness. Elias closed his eyes as the world blue-screened, collapsing back into the infinite, silent darkness of the void, waiting for the system to reboot, hoping that when the light returned, he would be made of flesh again, and not just lines of code waiting to be saved. Elias scrambled to his feet
Suddenly, his speakers—usually silent—let out a low, resonant hum. It sounded like the noise a taut wire makes in a high wind. He pushed against it, and his hand sank