He didn't enjoy it. The quiet was loud. It was full of things he had deleted from his simulation: the distant bark of a dog, the creak of a branch, the thud of his own anxious heart.
He stood there for a full minute. Then two. Home2reality---11-03-2021--235246 - 229-31 Min
Behind him, the pod's speaker crackled once, then fell silent. He didn't enjoy it