Иллюзия Яда

(Old PC boot sound morphing into a deafening digital shriek. Whispers in 10 languages at once) "Delete the flesh." "Upload the scream." My veins are wires, my blood is electricity, I’ve murdered my heart to gain synchronicity! Goodbye to the gravity, goodbye to the bone, I’m sitting on a digital, desolate throne! The skin is a cage! The breath is a lie! I’m the first of the gods who will never die! Bit by bit. Soul by soul. Losing the grip, losing control! The code is screaming, the system is bleeding, AND I AM THE MONSTER THAT DATA IS FEEDING! SANCTUM! DIGITALIS! I AM THE GHOST IN THE RUST! EVERYTHING YOU LOVE WILL TURN INTO DUST! UPGRADE MY SUFFERING! DOWNLOAD MY SIN! WHERE DOES THE MACHINE END AND I BEGIN?! ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! I am God now. I see your world through a million cameras, Your prayers are just bio-mechanical stammeras. You’re trapped in the meat, I’m free in the wire, I’ve traded my soul for a circuit of fire! DELETE! DELETE! DELETE! (Music slows to a halt. Only a low server hum) — "Is it cold in there?" — "No. It’s... empty." (Sonic chaos: city noise, screams, sirens, all through extreme distortion) 01001000 01000101 01001100 01001100 01010000 SANCTUM! DIGITALIS! I AM THE GHOST IN THE RUST! I... AM... NOTHING... — Connection lost. — Fatal error. — Shutdown.