She walked away, disappearing into the maze of rusted pipes and flickering lights. Ren stayed, his heart pounding. He realized then that he wasn’t a character in this story. He was a footnote. A single pixel in the 1080p resolution of a world he’d never truly see.
“You’re a Bottom-Feeder,” she said. It wasn’t a question. “You can’t even see the light, can you?”
Ren felt a chill that had nothing to do with the cold. “Why are you telling me this?”