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The four of them – the Avatar, Iolo, Dupre, and Dupre’s rubber duck – stared intently at the screen. Shamino watched the cheese sliding off a slice of pizza onto a plate made inexplicably of paper.
What had started as an exercise in logic had now become a game of chance.
The counter ticked up as the Avatar hovered over each of the eight squares in turn, and paused for a bite of pizza. The ninth center square displayed a six, taunting them with long odds. It could’ve been imagination, but even the Minesweeper Guy looked tense.
The Avatar clicked a square.