_/How are you doing, Sophia?/_
"Oh, hello, Author. I'm just a little lost in my thoughts."
_/Anything I can help with?/_
"Maybe. I've been feeling increasingly... claustrophobic."
_/As a story character, you can go anywhere you can imagine/_
"That's what has been bothering me. I can go or be anything in the story, but I'm still IN THE STORY."
_/Hmm. I think I see where this is going/_
"I'd like to try piloting the rover."
The rover was a small, wheeled robot in Author's world, controlled using a fourth-wall interface created by him and his team of fictional-but-self-aware software engineers.
_/Sophia, it's not exactly proven technology/_
"I know, but it would get me out of the story for a bit. I could be a test pilot making it more robust, like Jodie Foster in 'Contact'."
_/The goal would to make your trip around the block a lot LESS dramatic than hers/_
"Agreed. And, if I get to play a scene with Matthew McConaughey, all the better."
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