Auuuuggh, creepy! I was thinking the prompt was going to be filled with a story about finding your Turn Heart and struggling through to the real world, and then it did this, and I was amazed. This went from intriguing and sad to :O in section 4, and it was perfectly tuned for that. It feels like Old Skool sci-fi/horror, honestly. WOW, Good Job.
Re: Ghost in the Machine 6/6