“Reenvasado,” Elena whispered.

“The seams,” Mira continued, walking toward the fourth wall. Her bare feet left no sound. “They used to be everywhere. The edge of the texture. The limit of the pathfinding. But not anymore.”

She dragged the paintbrush across the floor of Apartment 4B. A wildflower grew from the virtual carpet. Then another. Then a crack in the digital floor, through which soft light poured.