ARIS: Final warning, Leo. Step away from the anomaly.
A new message appeared, burned into the air before him. Geo-fs.con
A chill ran down his spine. He opened the file manifest for the anomaly. The metadata field read: ORIGIN: GEO-FS.CON/TESSERACT . ARIS: Final warning, Leo
When the screen flickered back on, he was no longer in the Utah void. He was standing in the digital bakery. The man was gone. Outside, the others were frozen, their faces turned toward him, their eyes hollow. ARIS: Final warning
The man in the window started running. Other figures poured out of buildings. A digital siren began to wail.