"Thank you for the download," the reflection smiled. "I've been waiting for a turn on the outside."

"Part one was the body," a voice whispered from his speakers, though they weren't plugged in. "Part two was the door."

The "Mirror" in the screen reached out, its hand pressing against the inside of the glass.

As the extraction reached 100%, his monitor didn't show a folder of code. Instead, the screen flickered to a dull, silver grey. The surface of the glass seemed to ripple, losing its rigidity. Elias leaned in, mesmerized by the liquid movement of the pixels.

He had found Mirror_part1.rar on a defunct forum in Sweden. But the second half, the half containing the core logic gates, was a ghost.