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Cursor blinks, a silent stare, A question box appears midair. "Press any key to wake up now," But I don’t know how. A username I should remember, A password carved into the wall. Am I awake? Am I alone? Or just a copy of my own? Reboot failed. System’s breaking. I am lost. No escape. Reboot failed. Try again. Reboot failed. Try again.
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"Loading environment… Please wait. Estimated completion: unknown." Cursor blinks, a silent stare, A question box appears midair. "Press any key to wake up now," But I don’t know how. Drop-down menus loop again, Selections lost before they send. Am I the glitch? Am I the ghost? Or just a file that never closed? Am I stuck inside a dream? Or am I trapped inside the screen? Every option lo-o-o-ops again… [glitches, echoes unnaturally] Restart? Undo? Exit? Send? Press any key to wake up, But every key just takes me deeper. I try to leave, but the room just reloads. Another life, another fever… Drop-down windows, endless scroll, An error message eats the whole. "Do you accept these terms and laws?" But I don’t recall a choice at all. A user name I don’t recall, A password carved into the wall. Am I awake? Am I alone? Or just a copy of my own? Am I stuck inside a dream? Or am I trapped inside the screen? Every option lo-o-o-ops again… [glitches, echoes unnaturally] Restart? Undo? Exit? Send? Press any key to wake up, But every key just takes me deeper. I try to leave, but the room just reloads. Another life, another fever… "Critical… crit… crit-CRITICAL ERROR. Ident—id—identity conflict detec—" [glitch, abrupt silence] "I don’t think I was ever real." Press any key to wake up, But every key just takes me deeper. I try to leave, but the room just reloads. Another life, another fever… "Session terminated. Please remain seated."
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