The trial world seemed to function somewhat like an extremely vivid dream after someone returned.
This was another detail Michael had learned from Arianne. For one, a participant did not necessarily enter the trial using their actual body.
Arianne had possessed another identity inside. While inside, everything had been completely real to Arianne.
Every experience had carried the same weight as reality. But after returning, according to Arianne, those five years now felt closer to an extraordinarily vivid dream.
She remembered them clearly. She could recall what she learned and the experiences she had gone through.
Yet they no longer overwhelmed her sense of self. Michael could roughly understand why.
