"You passed the empathy test," the older Megan said. "And empathy is the rarest component in this machine."
She ejected the floppy disk. On the sticky label, she wrote: NERD’S REWARD - DO NOT FORMAT. darkroomvr - megan murkovski - nerds reward
"This is the Nerd's Reward," the older Megan whispered. "Not a game. Not a secret. A bridge. I'm you, fifteen years from now. I built a time mirror. It only works for someone who has felt alone in a crowded room. Someone who has loved a machine more than a person. Someone who deserves to know: it gets better." "You passed the empathy test," the older Megan said
"Hey, kid," the older Megan said. Her voice came through the headphones like warm milk. "You passed the empathy test