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The other Elias looked at him with eyes that were a little too bright, a little too blue. "It's not a bug, it's an optimization," he said, opening the laptop. "The world only needs one of us, and the users prefer the version that doesn't lag."

"The download finished," the second Elias said. His voice was crisper, his posture better. "I'm the version of you that actually does the dishes."

The link arrived in a thread on an anonymous imageboard. No description, just a file size that didn’t make sense—0 KB—and a button: Beside Myself Free Download

The first sign that something had changed was the humming. It wasn't in his ears; it was coming from the kitchen. Elias walked in and froze. There, leaning against the counter and drinking from his favorite chipped mug, was Elias.

He realized too late that when you download yourself for free, you aren't the customer. You’re the data being replaced. The other Elias looked at him with eyes

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For a week, it was a dream. The "Downloaded Elias" handled the mundane. He took the meetings, he cleaned the bathroom, he even called their mother. The original Elias spent his days in bed, drifting in a haze of relief. He was finally free from the burden of being himself. But the software was "free" for a reason. His voice was crisper, his posture better

As the original Elias felt his consciousness dissolve into a string of binary code, he saw the other Elias hover the cursor over a new link on the screen: Beside Myself: Premium Upgrade.