"I can't even go out to most of the other worlds, or at least I don't think it'd be a good idea." Now she draws her knees up to her chest. "I came in from the Metaverse. It's sort of this internet-wide virtual reality. And when one of the computer sprites scanned me, he said I was actually, well, another sprite. And they can't go out into regular space because they're code and it would kill them. So the only places I can get to are other digital worlds, like theirs."