Penny felt herself splinter —part of her remained in the physical world, the other part rose, weightless, into the mesh. She was both and neither .
And at the very bottom, in a handwritten note: MissaX.21.03.09.Penny.Barber.Second.Chance.Part...
Back in her apartment, Penny opened the Protocol folder again. A new file had appeared, unencrypted, titled Inside were simple bullet points: Penny felt herself splinter —part of her remained