...I didn't know at first. We were connected to cables, and he just kept talking about how this was the only way. But the second night we woke up there...it was a little more clear. We were just a vessel for learning how to implement memories to a real body. He said...he couldn't risk doing the testing on my real one. So there were copies he used. He didn't die, but...he says I did.

[the hallucination zack in the corner says: "If you've felt alone, then I'll make up for it once this is finished, I promise you, but we still have to go a little further. I'm not letting you die again."

this is not comforting. thank you, hallucination zack.]