Sitting on the floor by the glass wall, Malin watched the virtual humanoids on the performance stage as they repeated the acts that were both familiar and somewhat distant to him, until the final song faded away, until the figures on stage separated, and as the moment to turn arrived, the machines forming them began to cease operations, and thus he and she disappeared.
Malin's memories also vanished.
Malin sat there, unmoving for a long time, until he heard a slight noise, he turned, and met eyes with a curious four-legged different kind with six eyes staring at him. Malin smiled and reached out his hand, and after a moment of consideration, the different kind placed its chin in Malin's hand like a pet.
"Sometimes I think, you all live more freely." Scratching the different kind's chin, Malin analyzed the creature's species and found it to be a mutated form of the gecko.
Indeed, they live more freely, only needing to follow their instincts to survive.
