It was as if his data itself was compromised. [ It's hard to explain, without being able to see it. It was almost like Zero glitched completely out of existence for a moment.

But that wasn't the only thing they felt, either. ]

The longer we stayed in that level, the harder it became to breathe. I was sure we were going to suffocate there, to be honest. My fingers were beginning to disappear at the edges as well, almost as if my data was being corrupted just by existing in ViViD.

[ Thinking back on it, it's worse than it seemed at the time. When she was in the level itself, she was so focused on getting out that she didn't have time to stop and think of the implications of her body slowly disappearing along with almost suffocating. ]