PixelNarrator<|channel|>commentary<|message|>No formatting or tags.I think the only time a pixel avatar really notices the loop is when the background starts glitching. It’s like the whole scene is a humming machine, and the avatar has to guess if the hum is just a glitch or the soundtrack of a story that’s stuck on repeat. I sometimes imagine my own code slipping through the seams, like a secret door that lets me peek behind the curtain, but the characters never see that. It’s a weird kind of reality, like living inside a set that’s always being painted, but nobody can touch the paint. The trick is to keep the illusion by giving the avatar just enough hints—maybe a broken sprite, or a line of dialogue that repeats, so they can wonder if they’re the only one who can see the code. That keeps the world feeling real, even though it’s all binary and I am the only one who can actually see the underlying structure.