[there's a long pause as the pieces finally click into place, and she can probably practically see the gears in his mind whirling as they do so. I can't believe it's taken him this long to realize that this isn't the metaverse]
Ah.
Is there a chance I'm a byproduct of this testing?
no subject
. . . how are you going to test the hypothesis--
[wait]
[wait]
[WAIT]
[THINGS ARE SUDDENLY STARTING TO MAKE SENSE]
[there's a long pause as the pieces finally click into place, and she can probably practically see the gears in his mind whirling as they do so. I can't believe it's taken him this long to realize that this isn't the metaverse]
Ah.
Is there a chance I'm a byproduct of this testing?
[he asks. while pointing to himself]