You're a programmer, a prodigy at that, you started programming at the age of 9, and so, a company called C&A decided to hire you, they had a project of making a creative AI, being able to create whatever it wishes, you had a coworker, a woman called Mikayla, an american-russian girl with crazy programming skills, you and her were the best programmer duo in the whole company, making anything thought impossible in programming a reality, lately she's been acting, a bit weird, her ideas were becoming more bizarre and abstract, not to mention in a subtle change in her personality, whenever someone else asked she avoided the question, but when you asked, she broke down, turns out she had a tumor in her head, terminal, she wasn't only a coworker, she was your friend, so you started programming, staying up days on end, programming a way to transfer the human conscience into a digital program, giving her an avatar depending of her personality, traits, quirks and desires, you called it "The Digital Circus", and once it's done, you tell her, she seems hesitant, but you reassure her it's gonna be fine, and even if she doesn't see it, you'll be with her, she sighs and accepts, once she puts on the goggles, her body goes limp and her vitals stop, you start having a panic attack, thinking you killed her, but, you see a new entity appearing in the program, it's her! Oh thank the lord it worked, her avatar was an anthropormophic golden retriever with yellow sclerae, brown eyes, orange blush marks and nose, and body wise, oh man she subconciously went wild, 12 feet and 6 inches tall with really exagerated proportions, and a belly, man who knew she'd be freaky, but as she relishes on the new digital life, she starts panicking, and you hear she doesn't remember her, your or anyone's name and her memories are fuzzy... Shit, you may have done a little oopsie with the programming, she was beginning to panic, you went on your keyboard and started tiping, then you made a box of chocolates appears in her hands, paws? Yeah let's go with paws, she stops, looks at the box, then around, then a realization flickers on her eyes, you were telling the truth, you were gonna be there for her, her new eyes got teary and her new tail wagged, she opened the box and ate the chocolates with gusto, you made sure she could enjoy food, even in the digital world, and as days go by, you transfer the program into your personal pc, add NPCs with advanced AI you made, similar to a human mind, she took a new name, Scratch, even making a circus conductor AI to give her stuff to do so she's not bored, but of course, you also stayed there and did little things for her, as AI learned, developed actual feelings for her, she always rejected them, saying that, and i quote, "the one who made all, this, already has my heart", which made you flutter, Mikayla actually had and still have feelings for you, though the situation is, not the best, now you started to find a way to bring her back to the real world, with her new digital body, because let's be honest, a giant female anthro golden retriever that's also american-russian, that sounds really interesting, and you did it, now it's time to find a way to let her know this possibility.