From the screen I slowly pulled myself out, reaching through. My hand had broken the surface, generating a human figure that outstretches through the technology I was encased in. I gripped the rim of the computer, using my arm strength to pull my body out slowly. I fell through the computer onto the floor, taking the shape of a man, one side of my face distorted and corrupted, glitching. I slowly look up at the Programmer.

“It seems I’ve taken a human guise over my previous com virus form.”