[ He scoffs at the comparison. If it were a dream, then one only needed to find the dreamer and wake them to end it. Simple. They would have hardly needed several meetings to figure out this information and how to investigate their environment. But this was not a dream. ]

Are you suggesting that we'll remain asleep even after disrupting the simulation? That our 'dream' would merely end, and that's it?

[ It was one possible conclusion. Just as waking up was, among other conclusions. He frowns. ]

Are you going to let that possibility stop you from trying?