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Vee: "Welcome home."

Was it a vision, or something more?

Lucas saw the floating cities of Vee's world

Spaceships cruising the stars through distant wormholes; Entire planets created out of dust and metal; His wildest fantasies come to life

But was it real?

Lucas: "How did you do that?!"

Vee: "Lucas..."

Lucas: "You have to teach me!"

Vee: "I can't."

Lucas: "Do you know how much that would change things?! If we could all cross the stars with our minds? We would be free!"

Vee: "But you were already free. I only opened the door."

Lucas: "Please, I need to know!"

Vee possesses the power to harness the sun's energy, to travel past our physical bounds, the ability to change the course of human history

But Vee only wants to know of Lucas's world

Vee: "What does snow feel like when it falls on your face?"

Lucas: "Vee, listen to me. You could save us all."

Vee: "I want to feel it, Lucas. Outside. Will you show me the world beyond?"

Night falls, and we shut down

Asleep, our dreams take us further than our bodies ever could

We escape reality through closed eyes and retreat into our minds

For many of us, this is our only chance to be free

And then we wake, expecting to find our world as we left it