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 …"