"Wait," Megan choked out. "How? How do I get there?"

She ejected the floppy disk. On the sticky label, she wrote: NERD’S REWARD - DO NOT FORMAT.

"What reward?" Megan whispered, forgetting she had no mic. The C64’s speaker crackled, and the older Megan tilted her head as if she’d heard.

The older Megan stepped back. The magenta light began to fade, the ideal bedroom pixelating at the edges.