As the progress bar filled, the air in the room grew heavy. It smelled suddenly of ozone and old, heated copper. When the file finally unzipped, Elias didn’t find a JPEG. He found a window.
SYSTEM OVERRIDE: TARGET ACQUIRED. INITIATING ASPECT RATIO CALIBRATION. 1920x1080 Dragon Wallpaper 4k Ultra HD Free Dow...
The dragon was coming into the gray world, and Elias was being compressed into the pixels to take its place. As the light blinded him, the last thing he saw was the file size: 0kb. The dragon was finally weightless. Elias was now just data. As the progress bar filled, the air in the room grew heavy