Hard, and cold, and complicated. Sometimes it built a model of the universe in its head; flecks of
energy, moving through vast empty spaces. Sometimes it called those flecks "electrons" and "protons".
Sometimes it called them "planets" and "stars".
Sometimes it believed it was in a universe that was made of energy that was made of offs and ons; zeros
and ones; lines of code. Sometimes it believed it was playing a game. Sometimes it believed it was
reading words on a screen.
You are the player, reading words...
Shush... Sometimes the player read lines of code on a screen. Decoded them into words; decoded words into
meaning; decoded meaning into feelings, emotions, theories, ideas, and the player started to breathe