Mario took a step forward. "Then what's real?"
"The first one," said the broken Mario. "The one who made the jump that wasn't coded. The one who landed where there was no floor. The game didn't crash. It just... kept me. Here. In the un-rendered." He finally turned. His eyes were cartridge pins—gold, exposed, raw. super mario crack
"You found me," said the other Mario. He didn't turn around. "I've been here since '85. Every time you reset the console, I don't disappear. I just... wait. In the crack between power-offs." Mario took a step forward
This Mario was thin. Tired. His mustache was unkempt. The one who landed where there was no floor
The Goomba’s eyes were black voids. "The other one. The one who jumped when he should have run. The one who broke the rule ."