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For a moment, nothing happened. Then his screen shimmered. The in-game ocean turned from murky blue to liquid silver. His rod began to hum. He cast his line, and before the bobber even hit the water, it yanked down.

The water turned black. His character froze. From the depths, a message appeared—not in chat, but rendered onto the game world itself, carved into the digital seabed:

-- The sea remembers those who forgot to ask permission.