ReBoot, Season 2

Modem:
When I was just a little node, I saw my sister taken by a strange creature. It had fangs...just like Mouse.

Bob:
Excuse me, but is your partner completely random?

Nully:
Not completely...

Bob:
OK, why didn't it take you too then?

Modem:
I don't know... I was reading comic bytes in bed. When I peeked out from under the covers I saw something hovering over my sister. And I pointed my flashlight at it and a moment later, it...and my sister...were gone. I'll never forget the noise it made.

Bob:
I don't want to seem insensitive, but next you'll be telling me you've seen the User.

Modem:
There is no User. That's just induced mass psychosis engineered by the Guardians.

Bob:
What? But what about the games?

Modem:
Sent by the Guardians to promote the User myth.

Nully:
Another conspiracy theory, Modem?

Modem:
One of many.

Bob:
So let me get this straight... There's a web creature, posing as Mouse, loose in Mainframe, abducting sprites, for what purpose?

Modem:
I haven't worked that out yet.

Bob:
OK. And Guardians are control freaks willing to sacrifice the very people they're sworn to protect by dropping games on them?

Modem:
That's correct.

Bob:
Tell me, did Phong interview you personally for this job? Didn't think so.