[ flashback to me going the moon can’t be that important last game when the moon was, in fact, so important. ]

It does pull from people’s — memories? Experiences? Something like that. So it’s definitely using us for these non-planned missions at the very least.

[ hmmm. ] No, I didn’t get a message about it. I’d have let someone know if I was taking a mission, after what’s been happening the past few weeks.

[ i think about that conversation a lot ]

Yeah, that's what it seems like. For both the planned and unplanned ones. [ ... ] When it happened to us that first week, we didn't know that was a thing. Kazuki-kun and I didn't really have any reason not to think what we were all seeing was real.

[ i have never claimed to be smart in this hobby that involves reading and paying attention ]

But now it keeps happening, so there must be some purpose behind it. Even if it’s just accidentally pulling from our memories.

… It sure felt real though.

Yeah, it realllly does. It'd be great if we could harness whatever power's doing that and use it for fun VR experiences instead of for emotionally tormenting a bunch of jerks on a spaceship.

Kinda like they were doing on Rodin? [ he tilts his head. ] Yeah. It doesn't have a practical purpose, but not everything needs to be practical and improving something, other than your sense of fun.