With Jeeves' help, he located Phineas Dermot, the founder and CEO of Horizon. Then he templatized and summoned him, setting him to unconscious obedience. As soon as the CEO appeared, he told the man to speak truthfully but to forget the instruction.
Phineas gazed around the small, plain room and asked, "Where am I and who are you?"
"I have a divine artifact that allows me to create copies of people. You are a copy, and your original self has no knowledge of this conversation."
"Oh wow, that's amazing. Is this some sort of virtual reality?"
"Honestly, I'm not sure. I suspect it's more like a separate reality than a virtual reality. But let's focus on why you are here. I want to talk to you about your company."
"Why? With an ability like this, why would you even look at my company?"
"Here, try this," said Jack as he handed the VR headset to Phineas.
"This looks like a Viper HDR," he said, looking at the headset in his hands.
