(4) Uagarian Explanation
D'anu stood regally up from his chair and offered his hands palms up. "This is orientation program #026: newcomers to Uagar. Welcome."
Harry rubbed his head where the I's had been put in rememberance. "I'd hate to see what would happen if we were unwelcome..." D'anu looked annoyed at being interrupted, but he continued. "The world you saw as you arrived is what Uagar has been since the big wars of long ago. Since then, our society is underground and we have developed other means of surviving. This" he swept his hand around "is a metal network that connects us all to each other. The ultimate community in the most flexible of settings." He smiled as if waiting for the others to be impressed. They weren't. He frowned and went on, "This is the orientation program where one learns what he is born into. There are no exceptions, the virtual world IS Uagar. The outside world is a mere formality. It is within this system you shall live and be trained for the Crossover leading to the Great Reality." He sat down. "End program."
And the council disappeared leaving the three back into the same cavern they had entered when they first arrived. The I's were visible on their heads and everyone had dispersed and gone about their business. Harry blinked a couple times...."Blimey. Was it real?"
Harry rubbed his head where the I's had been put in rememberance. "I'd hate to see what would happen if we were unwelcome..." D'anu looked annoyed at being interrupted, but he continued. "The world you saw as you arrived is what Uagar has been since the big wars of long ago. Since then, our society is underground and we have developed other means of surviving. This" he swept his hand around "is a metal network that connects us all to each other. The ultimate community in the most flexible of settings." He smiled as if waiting for the others to be impressed. They weren't. He frowned and went on, "This is the orientation program where one learns what he is born into. There are no exceptions, the virtual world IS Uagar. The outside world is a mere formality. It is within this system you shall live and be trained for the Crossover leading to the Great Reality." He sat down. "End program."
And the council disappeared leaving the three back into the same cavern they had entered when they first arrived. The I's were visible on their heads and everyone had dispersed and gone about their business. Harry blinked a couple times...."Blimey. Was it real?"