He didn't fight. He didn't fire a single shot. He moved like a watercolor painting come to life, stepping between the lines of the deletion code. He found the orphaned data-files, the forgotten player profiles, the abandoned spaceships of kids who had grown up and died. One by one, he began to re-weave them.
Luke, mopping the floor of a silent data-center, saw the plea reflected in a puddle of soapy water. He sighed. He was tired. His fingers were knotted with arthritis. But he couldn't let the old worlds die. luke0269 best