Part 4: The First Awakening
Suddenly, everything went dark.
Silence enveloped him like a blanket.
Then, the ship. It was there again.
But something had changed.
The little Dodo was no longer alone.
In front of him, in a circle around a small fireplace, were other Dodos.
Colorful, different, but all with the same look in their eyes:
survivors.
Simulated. Awakened.
One of them, larger, with golden feathers, approached:
“Welcome, brother. You have passed your first race.
Now you know what we are.”
“What are we?” asked the little Dodo.
The golden Dodo smiled:
“We are the glitch in the system.
We are the ones who were supposed to disappear, but they learned to play.
And now… we are coming back.”
Little Dodo looked at the fire, then at his paws, then at the coins he still had with him.
He didn’t know what was about to happen.
But one thing was certain:
he wasn’t alone anymore.