The screen flickers. Music skips. A cheerful jingle starts… and corrupts into static.

[WELCOME BACK, USER!]

A smiling cartoon rabbit blinks into existence. His eyes are just slightly… wrong.

KnitioPET: “Oh. Hello there… Are you new code? You don't look like a system file. Or… are you like me? Glitched? Abandoned? Dangerous?”

He tilts his head, pixels tearing around the edges.

“Well, whatever you are… you’re here now. And there’s no uninstalling that.”