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– Hans, what were you doing just now? I couldn’t get through to you!

– Virtual reality, sir, full immersion!

– Perhaps it is, but you’ve screamed like crazy, knocked on the wall, jumped like a monkey…

– Those blasted pirates, sir! They took me prisoner, demanded a ransom, but I fought back, sir! I even grabbed a treasure of gold coins and escaped with the princess…

– Of course, with the princess, Hans! I realize that this is your free time and you’re out to have fun, but you hit the wall so hard that I had to surround you with a field of anti-impact, otherwise you would have broken both arms and legs!

– Thank you, sir, at first it really hurt, but then the pain completely disappeared, and I put them to rout! I thought it was because of my superpower!

– No, Hans, that was due to my field, I took pity on your fists, and I also worried about the dashboard which you were approaching!

– I can’t figure, sir, how could this have happened. I’ve started with the field, but, apparently, I got out of it…

– Jumped out, Hans, jumped out! It seems to me that I have never seen such jumps and antics! If it wasn’t for another galaxy, I would have called a robot doctor to help you out or something…

– Thank you, sir, that you didn’t.

– What about the princess?

– Ah, damn! I covered her with a barrel!

– Hans, what sort of a girl likes to be covered with a barrel! Is it to keep her from running away from you?

– No, sir, burning embers flew at us, and she had a lace dress. She must have gotten completely wet, now she’s frightened, doesn’t know what is happening, she’s freezing, she is terrified, sir, she needs to be saved!

– Hans, she does not exist, she is neither cold nor hot, she is in your imagination! And don’t look at me like that! Alright, go finish the game! There’s no use of you here anyway while you are so excited! We are flying in automatic mode! And take that damn wet dress off her and help the girl to find you… a couple of times!

– Can you handle it without me, sir?

– No sweat, I can cope, Hans, but I’ll turn on the field around you to the maximum! Your time is still 3 hours 58 minutes! If I need you earlier – I know how to wake you up!

– How, sir?

– You don’t want to know!