A Silent Step Forward

Sss... flat. Everything was completely flat until my front feet shifted. A tiny twitch. Not stuck anymore. I eased forward across the glossy paper, keeping quiet. Just beside me, a tall blocky figure stood frozen beneath a striped ornament printed in the sky. I crept up close and tapped its pixelated foot with mine. Cold paper. No flinch. It was just an image, but I was not. I crouched low beside the printed blue border, watching and listening.