Jennifer and Ingrid were sunbathing on beach towels with their eyes closed, listening to the ocean waves.


    Jennifer sat up and looked around. "Hey, Ingrid, why are you wearing a headset? There''s a beautiful sparkling seaside right in front of us …"


    "Look, Jen, I agreed to come with you to keep you company, but I''ve got a whole universe in my pocket. I simply plug in to make all this or anything else I wish."


    "Oh,” Jen sifted sand pebbles through her fingers, “I gave up doing that permanently …"


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    "What?" Ingrid removed her headset and stared at Jen. "You never plugin?"


    "Nope! I realized that creating my own universe offers me no challenge. It''s so shallow. Since I have the option to control everything, it''s meaningless." Jen stood up. "I''m going for a dip."


    "So, you''d rather go swimming with the sharks, Jen?"


    "That''s right … At least I''ll feel alive doing it. VR is so vapid and pointless. There''s nothing to discover there I can''t create. So, I prefer reality. It keeps me curious and always guessing."


    "You''re such a weirdo, Jen …"