If you take your main characters seriously, it shouldn't be long until they're convinced they're either insane or in a simulation centered on them.
I wish my author took me seriously.
I wish my author took me seriously.
It is precisely dialog like that that keeps you a minor role.
"If you give George Lukács any taste at all, immediately become the Deathstar." — Old Klingon Proverb
(To be fair, the author was drunk.)
Next chapter: "Analyzing the Fuck out of an Owl"
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Criticism appreciated.