He smiled, cracked his knuckles, and began typing.

And on Leo’s monitor, a new line appeared: WORLD_VERSION_1.00 READY. FIRST USER: crazyctg.com/admin

crazyctg.com

Below it, a counter ticked upward: NUMBER OF PREVIOUS RESETS: 10,347

The pigeon outside his window finally finished its wing flap, looked straight at him, and whispered in his own voice: "Don’t."

Leo realized he wasn’t the first Leo. He was just the latest in an infinite chain of Leos, each one hitting N — until one of them finally had the courage to press Y .