[Wait, didn't Margaret mention she had a sister? So even people from the Velvet Room could get grabbed and brought here? That was disconcerting... what next? Would Igor show up?]
I think it's a balance of both. We know -- or think we know -- who we are on the inside, and the outside helps that knowledge grow and define itself. That...
[He paused a moment, frowning, though more at himself.]
...that might have been why it was more difficult for some of us to see through the lie than others. It was so similar to our reality, that it was easy to accept it as truth.
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[Wait, didn't Margaret mention she had a sister? So even people from the Velvet Room could get grabbed and brought here? That was disconcerting... what next? Would Igor show up?]
I think it's a balance of both. We know -- or think we know -- who we are on the inside, and the outside helps that knowledge grow and define itself. That...
[He paused a moment, frowning, though more at himself.]
...that might have been why it was more difficult for some of us to see through the lie than others. It was so similar to our reality, that it was easy to accept it as truth.