And in the reflection of the glossy black plastic, he saw the silhouette from the icon—standing right behind him—holding a controller that wasn’t his.
Jay looked down at the console. The blue light on the front had turned a deep, arterial red.
The hum stopped. The room went cold. And the PS4’s disc drive began to whir, not reading a disc, but writing one. A slow, grinding sound. Like teeth.
“Cannot delete. Application is in use.”
He pressed X.
Jay didn’t launch the game. He pressed Options. Delete.
The console was silent. No game was running.
His thumb hovered over the X button.
