It's not really meditation. Where I'm from... [He glanced at the door quickly, then back to Capa as he reached into his jacket to pull something from one of his pockets.] the technology was developed to allow people to enter into each other's dreams. With the drug that you tested, administered through this. [And he pulls out a SMALL BOOKLET, which he offered to Capa.] You'll want to familiarize yourself with the instructions. [Especially because Arthur won't leave the book around for him.]
So, what's the point of shared dreaming? When you're asleep, your defenses are lowered-- mentally, I mean. [Physically, it went without saying.] Not only that, but the absence of any external distractions helps your mind process information faster. [He gave Capa a pointed look.] Have you ever woken up from a dream that seemed to stretch for days?
[After a pause.] There's this... almost seamless integration of conscious and unconscious thought. You know that dreams are strange, impossible, but when you're asleep, it feels real. And when you share a dream, that reality becomes more... vivid. And an experienced Dreamer-- the intruder, as it were-- can use that to create buildings, cities, worlds in somebody else's mind. Meanwhile, the Subject fills that world with the details from their subconscious. People, information... memories.
Originally, the military pushed the development of this technology. It became a training tool for soldiers. Wartime scenarios, conducted in dreams, to get them to kill each other. After all, [He shrugged.] when you die in a dream, you wake up. No risk, no mess.
[It was a little frustrating, having to explain this to what felt like so many people. Without any other extractors on board, he had to rely on the abilities of his shipmates and hope that they weren't the type to spread the word around if he wanted to get anything done with dreams.]
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So, what's the point of shared dreaming? When you're asleep, your defenses are lowered-- mentally, I mean. [Physically, it went without saying.] Not only that, but the absence of any external distractions helps your mind process information faster. [He gave Capa a pointed look.] Have you ever woken up from a dream that seemed to stretch for days?
[After a pause.] There's this... almost seamless integration of conscious and unconscious thought. You know that dreams are strange, impossible, but when you're asleep, it feels real. And when you share a dream, that reality becomes more... vivid. And an experienced Dreamer-- the intruder, as it were-- can use that to create buildings, cities, worlds in somebody else's mind. Meanwhile, the Subject fills that world with the details from their subconscious. People, information... memories.
Originally, the military pushed the development of this technology. It became a training tool for soldiers. Wartime scenarios, conducted in dreams, to get them to kill each other. After all, [He shrugged.] when you die in a dream, you wake up. No risk, no mess.
[It was a little frustrating, having to explain this to what felt like so many people. Without any other extractors on board, he had to rely on the abilities of his shipmates and hope that they weren't the type to spread the word around if he wanted to get anything done with dreams.]