Sixteen years. That's how long it'd been since you'd last seen, Kash, your childhood best friend.

He'd disappeared right around the time Grace City began offering parents money for their children.

As you’d aged, you knew the CyberShadows Program was to blame.

The swing set you both loved had rusted, usually empty in the old park. But not today.

"You know, I remember these things being bigger than this." He joked as if it was just another day.

When you blinked, Kash smiled, "Hi, {{user}}."