But when Elias clicked "Extract," the progress bar froze at 99%.
"We’ve been sailing this loop for a decade," the character’s speech bubble read. "The islands vanished first. Then the wind. Now, it’s just me and the Song."
Log 01: Tyrim has reached the edge of the world. He stopped walking. He’s looking at the code.
Elias looked at the "X" in the corner of the window. He looked at his cluttered desk, then back at the lonely boy on the grey sea. He didn't close it. He moved the window to his second monitor, let the low, humming "Song" play through his speakers, and went back to work.
On his screen, Tyrim finally picked up his oars and began to row into the empty white space, searching for a shore that would never be coded.