His friends had moved on. They’d tried the headsets of course. Someone had taken a picture of them all round at Sam’s like the family in Back to the Future II. Together but separate, staring into their own spaces. But they’d soon got bored. Some had gone back to screens, some had embraced the next gen AR. But he’d stuck with his headset. It wasn’t the view. He’d always found the games immersive, even on his handheld he was in the game. It was partly the anonymity. No one could see his tells. But mostly it was having Her there.