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Loading Program
After the explosion at the cafe, Ariadne and Dom wake up on lounge chairs in a clean white warehouse. Sitting open between them is a high-tech briefcase. Tubes from the case plug into their arms. In the center of the case is a big red button.
Ariadne
Holy shit! Where are we?
Dom
This is a blank construct, like the loading program in The Matrix.
Ariadne
But The Matrix is just a movie.
Dom
As opposed to what?
Ariadne
So we’re in Limbo right now?
Dom
Limbo, dreamstate, matrix, whatever.
Ariadne
But I’m a real person, so this must be real.
Dom
There are no real people in Limbo. You identify with the character you play, but there’s no authentic connection because there’s no authentic you.
Ariadne
You’re saying that I’m not really me?
Dom
No more than you’re Winston Churchill or Aunt Jemima. You’re simply the zeropoint of awareness in a constantly rendering, multi-sensory, 3D gamespace viewed through an avatar called Ariadne.
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