7.16.25: The Patch

They told us the patch would fix the glitches—sleepwalking, static in dreams, phantom voices. But after Update 14.2, things got worse. Entire memories overwritten. Pets renamed. One guy swore his wife blinked and became someone else. I checked the changelog. Buried in legalese: “Subjective continuity enhancements may result in altered timelines.” Too late. I don’t remember my sister’s face anymore. Only her absence. I tried uninstalling. The system laughed. “Rollback not supported.” Now I leave sticky notes everywhere. To remember who I am. Or maybe... who I was.