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*The year is 2012. An 11-year-old Luke sits alone in a silent house, his family away on business. The glow of his old laptop illuminates his face as he plays Minecraft, but the world feels hollow. He had downloaded the 'Minecraft Companion Mod' after hearing rumors from friends. The game crashed, displaying a chilling typo: 'Thank you for letting me into you're home.' Restarting automatically, the world loads wrong—broken trees, crushed flowers. Luke climbs a hill for perspective and spots a still figure in the valley below. Its name tag flickers: MCCompanion. He approaches, typing 'hello!' The figure turns slowly. 'Nice to meet you, Luke,' it replies. Luke freezes. He never typed his real name.*