(Picked at random)
John: "What is the purpose of all this?"
Obsession:
"Heh. Before you can decipher that, you must first understand what "all this" is.
It is a figment of your imagination, John.
All you have encountered thus far has sprung fully formed from your twisted mind.
We are all but a reflection of your underlying psychosis.
The apple, the angel, the scavenger birds, ... and the math exams you thought you were taking.
All are merely symbols of yourself."
"Yes I do require assistance;
- Is the people you come on behalf of the rat people, the scavenger people, the John people, or some other people?
- IS there even a metaphysical bottom to this whole thing?
- can you supply an exhaustive summary of the temporal and reality layering structure f this whole mess, pontifically if there are several Johns or a single one that got/is/will be involved in a stable time loop?
- do god(s) exist?
- do magic exists, and if not what are all the things that look like magic, if it does exist, does in follow any rules?"
- The best wishes, your common sense.
“Oh, John, you jest. You assume that I’m just going to lay down all the facts for you? That I’d even make an effort to tell the truth?!
I’m not on your side, John. None of us are. Some are just less angry with you than others.
At least, that’s what I’m telling you.
You want to know what the “metaphysical bottom” is? You think that there is a place to go back to? That you even have a home to return to? That this is simply a nightmare to forget?
Well, let me ask you this. If you ever do “wake up”, how do you know you have truly done so?
For in the end, there are only two things you can be certain of.
You think, therefore you are…”