--You don't like talking with each other in person?
--You don't like talking with each other in person?
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[(silence)]
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--What kind of place is the Wired, to you?
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[...A place where people connect with other people - the top level of the real world hierarchy.]
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--(weak laugh) Who told you that?
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[My dad.]
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--Do you love your father?
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[(Long pause... nods)]
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--What kind of Navigator do you use to access the Wired?
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[When I was in sixth grade... my dad... bought it for me...]
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--Do you like operating this kind of machine?
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[Uh-huh.]
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--Do you dislike questions like these?
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[(silence)]
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--You dislike talking about yourself?
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[...(nods)]
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--Why?
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[...(long pause)...Because...]
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--Because?
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[Because I'm... I'm me, but I'm not me. I mean, I'm just me...]
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--Who told you that?
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[(silence)]
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--Who?
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[...God.]
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--What god?
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[The god of the Wired.]
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--There's a god of the Wired? You believe that?
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[(silence)]
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--Answer me.
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[(silence)]
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--Answer.
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[...There is if I believe there is...]
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--That answer isn't good enough.
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[...There is... a god...]
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--Alright, fine. The god of the Wired is the god of the top level of the real world hierarchy - in other words, a being that controls the entire world. Is that right?