He won the tournament. Never told a soul.
"Download the race," she whispered. "And after you win... you leave me a door. A backdoor in SteamVR's next update. One line of code. Then I walk out."
The headset synced. The mirrors shattered. And for the first time in years, Ivry smiled inside the machine.
"One more try," he whispered, typing into the search bar: .
And then, the headset turned on.