I mean, we all know that we are actually prisoners from the dimension that exists between the folds of space living in a computer generated reality in order to serve out our sentence.
I think we do all know that, and then have to do that uncomfortable laugh that allows us to imagine for a second that that's not true, and in fact, absurd.
But that shadow of doubt is cast, and will remain, insidiously growing in the back of our minds. Until the time is right. Until we are ready.