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A possible begining for Jarod with running simulations with Dr. Sydney Green.
THE CENTRE SIMULATION LAB - BLUE COVE, DELAWARE
Jarod waits in a darkend room. Sydney then enters...
Jarod: Hi Sydney. You said there was something you wanted me to see?
Sydney: Yes Jarod. I want you to take a look at something. Afterward,
tell me what you think.
Jarod: Sure, Sydney.
A movie plays on the screen showing a family shooting a
home movie on an airliner.
Jarod watches intently and is happy to see a family together.
He reacts as the airplane they are on is suddenly blown from the sky.
The lights come back on.
Sydney: Jarod, tell me what you think. What is on your mind after having seen this?
Jarod: This is a simulation.
Sydney: How would you know?
Jarod: The camera. If it did record an actual event before its impending disaster
and was recoverable, it most likely would not have ended that
quickly to begin with.
Sydney: Very good Jarod. As a matter of fact, in actual cases where a recording device
was recovered, traces of additional data even after its supposed
termination would be present unlike in this situation, because it was in fact
a simulation. Well done.
Jarod: Sydney, is there another reason why you wanted me to see this?
Sydney: Yes. So far you are following this as expected my dear boy.
Now I want you to take it a step further and put yourself in my shoes and
tell me where you think I am going with this?
Jarod: It couldn't be about the incident in itself, since it has already happened and
is not real.
Sydney: Go on.
Jarod: It must have more to do with what I think, how I react emotionally to what
I have just seen and how it makes me feel.
Sydney: Yes. How does it make you feel and want to react Jarod?
Jarod: I would want to know if this is actually happening. I would want to be prepared
and find a way to do something about it.
Sydney: Very good. That is my purpose for showing you this. I think you are ready
now.
Jarod: Is there something more you want me to see? Something that really happened?
Sydney: Yes. There is an incident similar to this that has remained unresolved for one
of our clients.
Jarod waits in a darkend room. Sydney then enters...
Jarod: Hi Sydney. You said there was something you wanted me to see?
Sydney: Yes Jarod. I want you to take a look at something. Afterward,
tell me what you think.
Jarod: Sure, Sydney.
A movie plays on the screen showing a family shooting a
home movie on an airliner.
Jarod watches intently and is happy to see a family together.
He reacts as the airplane they are on is suddenly blown from the sky.
The lights come back on.
Sydney: Jarod, tell me what you think. What is on your mind after having seen this?
Jarod: This is a simulation.
Sydney: How would you know?
Jarod: The camera. If it did record an actual event before its impending disaster
and was recoverable, it most likely would not have ended that
quickly to begin with.
Sydney: Very good Jarod. As a matter of fact, in actual cases where a recording device
was recovered, traces of additional data even after its supposed
termination would be present unlike in this situation, because it was in fact
a simulation. Well done.
Jarod: Sydney, is there another reason why you wanted me to see this?
Sydney: Yes. So far you are following this as expected my dear boy.
Now I want you to take it a step further and put yourself in my shoes and
tell me where you think I am going with this?
Jarod: It couldn't be about the incident in itself, since it has already happened and
is not real.
Sydney: Go on.
Jarod: It must have more to do with what I think, how I react emotionally to what
I have just seen and how it makes me feel.
Sydney: Yes. How does it make you feel and want to react Jarod?
Jarod: I would want to know if this is actually happening. I would want to be prepared
and find a way to do something about it.
Sydney: Very good. That is my purpose for showing you this. I think you are ready
now.
Jarod: Is there something more you want me to see? Something that really happened?
Sydney: Yes. There is an incident similar to this that has remained unresolved for one
of our clients.
Chapter End Notes:
A reference to Jarod's last preoccupation with a particular simulation just before he escaped the Centre. (Dedicated to Media Wars.co)
