He had wanted to save lost things.

Kai tried to speak, but his throat produced a guttural Wenja greeting: “Shanah. Where is the Udam?” He hadn’t meant to say that. The game’s dialogue was leaking into him. Or he was leaking into the game.

He double-clicked Wenja.exe .

“You are awake,” said a voice behind him. Not English. Wenja. But he understood it as clearly as his own name.