The concept of "Extra Quality" is subjective. For some players, a smooth 60 frames per second (FPS) is the highest quality, while for others, it is the visual depth of ray-traced shadows.

A taxi idled, its driver asleep at the wheel; a woman somewhere rehearsed arguments with an empty mailbox. The two on the bench catalogued tiny disasters only they could rescue: a lost glove, a rumor about the park’s ancient oak, a cat that preferred sidewalks to alleys. These minutiae were small, precise prayers against the gray. They were, in their own way, urgent.