Feral on the Ice
cleared, Elara saw the face of the God who had created her.
It wasn't a monster. It wasn't a machine.
It was a Teenage Boy, sitting in a cluttered bedroom, staring at a computer screen that was now leaking Live-Obsidian-Vines.
The boy looked at Elara—at the three-inch-tall girl standing on his keyboard—with a look of absolute, soul-stripping horror.
"It... it was just a game," the boy whispered, his voice trembling. "It was just a 'Pack-Simulator.' I didn't know... I didn't know you were In There."