"I am the blood that flows through your veins. I am the dark shadow that chills the hearts of men. I am the fury! Your…"

"I remember it well… son."

"I like this player. It played well. It did not give up."

"Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the reality behind the screen."

"Take a breath, now. Take another. Feel air in your lungs. Let your limbs return. Yes, move your fingers. Have a body …"

"Who are we? Once we were called the spirit of the mountain. Father sun, mother moon. Ancestral spirits, animal spirit…"

"We are the universe. We are everything you think isn’t you. You are looking at us now, through your skin and your eye…"

"Once upon a time, there was a player. The player was you, [player name]. Sometimes it thought itself human, on the th…"

"Let’s go back. The atoms of the player were scattered in the grass, in the rivers, in the air, in the ground. A woman…"

"and the universe said I love you and the universe said you have played the game well and the universe said everything…"