He clicked the first result, expecting a 404 error. Instead, his screen flickered, and a wireframe world began to render.

It wasn't made of digital polygons. It was rendered in a texture he didn't recognize: human memory. As he rotated the camera, he realized he was looking at his own childhood home, down to the specific chip in the red paint of the front door.

In the heart of the design district, Elias stared at his monitor. He had been searching for a specific 3D model for hours, but the search bar was acting possessed. Instead of "modernist villa," it spat out a string of corrupted characters: SKETCHUP lì, (27) .