"Wait, we don't have to run any more. It's over." I suddenly understood.
"What? We've got to keep moving, there's a precise sequence to follow to get out of this one." Joe was adamant and started moving again.
I stopped him. "No, look. Dreams are created. The only way they can have any effect on you is if you create that effect and put responsibility for it over on someone else. It's too simple."
"No, there are persona's in here which just keep moving and reacting. We have to avoid some of them and work with the others to get to where we want to end up." Sue started moving again.
I grabbed her by both shoulders to stop her. "Just look at what you just said. When you were outside doing the programming, who made the personas? You did. That's how you know what they are going to do, that's why you two were able to tell us the exact walk-through. But it's even simpler than that. Just think it over for a split second."
Sue and Roger were thinking now, as they looked at each other, a light went on in each.
Helen looked at me, and said, "I get it. You don't have to tell me twice." She then reached up and hugged me in appreciation, then kissed me on the cheek. "You are just a darling."
Joe stepped into a nearby room to grab a briefing sheet. "Want to see something? This can get really weird, so hold onto each other. I just don't know why I never thought of this before..." His hands were busy touching various inputs on the briefing sheet, which would normally just be pressure-sensitive ads, which would then send a sample to your room. "These things are all tied to the main program. So it's just a matter of the right combination." His hands were flying over the sheet now.
The walls shook and then seemed to shimmer. I held both Sue and Helen's hands while Sue used her free hand to hold onto Roger's coat. Even the floors seems to take a different form. Finally, the whole scene settled down into yet another hospital hallway with a door at the end of it, solid. It said simply, "Maintenance" on its label.
Joe dropped the sheet and took Sue's hand. Reaching forward, he opened the door and stepped forward.
Into a white space.