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"sotd + Hypothetical Sequence"
 
   If I were writing UF4: Crossroads now (which gods forbid, but stay with me), the sequence in which Gryphon retrieves Eve from the wreck of the Wayward Son would be longer and surreal-er, and would involve a datadive into the mostly-crashed remains of the ship's long-defunct data systems to rescue her image from among the bad sectors and get it onto that storage crystal in the first place. This would involve first waking her from sleep mode and then dealing with the fact that, with the system in ruins around her and an interrupted, half-corrupted Final Protection Mode cycle running when she was suspended, she's liable to have a little of that "if Galadriel had taken the One Ring" thing going on.* Danger, thrills, etc., and this song would be a big part of it.

This came to me on the way home, and since (gods willing and the creek don't rise) I'm not going to take the time to write it, I invite you to share the mental image with me.


She's lost in coma where it's beautiful
Intoxicated from the deep sleep, deep sleep
Do you wonder what it's like
Living in a permanent imagination?
Sleeping to escape reality, but you like it like that

Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
And she dreams in digital
Because it's better than nothing
Now that control is gone
It seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
She dreams in digital

And your pixel army can't save you now
My finger's on the kill switch
I remember I used to compose your dreams
Control your dreams
And don't be afraid to expose yourself
Before I shut you down
You've made some changes since the virus caught you sleeping

Guilty by design, she's nothing more than fiction
And she dreams in digital
Because it's better than nothing
Now that control is gone
It seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
'Cause it's better than nothing
Now that control is gone
She's dreaming in digital
She dreams in digital
She dreams in digital

She's guilty by design
Because it's better than nothing
Now that control is gone
It seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
She's nothing more than fiction
'Cause it's better than nothing
Now that control is gone
It seems unreal, she's dreaming in digital
Dreams in digital

- Orgy
"Fiction (Dreams in Digital)"
Vapor Transmission (2000)

--G.
* "Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen! Not dark but BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN!", whatever that means.
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