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The attic smelled of dust and something sweetly rotten, like old juice boxes left in a backpack. Leo had come looking for his mom’s old Nintendo 3DS—the one with the cracked hinge and the sticker of a smiling sun peeling off the back. He found it in a shoebox labeled “WINTER 2015,” tangled in a charging cable that looked like dried intestines. the binding of isaac rebirth rom 3ds
A game cartridge sat in the slot. No label. Just a faint, greasy thumbprint and a tiny scratch that almost looked like a smiley face. Leo didn’t remember owning it. He didn’t remember anyone in his family owning it. Humming