Discrepancy part 1

The year is now 2112. I think of it as 99. In a couple months it will be 100 but even that theory is in jeopardy. Why 99?  Because it is … or has been 99 years since …

“Libby they are coming … we need to get out of here fast”, Carrie shouts.

“We must leave … NOW”

There is a suspicious theory that this reality we are currently in is simulated … perhaps a computer simulation or whatever they use … to a degree not unlike “true” reality. But there are differences. It does contain your minds which may or may not be fully aware that they are living inside this world. This is quite different from the current, computer rendered concepts of reality. One can tell simply by noticing the  participants are never in doubt about the nature of what they experience. Simulated existence, by contrast, would be hard or impossible to separate from “true” reality. But I doubt … and Carrie does too.

We run into a dinner and a old man is inquisitive about our origins and where we are going.  A local wanting to chat probably.  His speech is telling as it slows. It is a scheme to slow down our progress. But we can not just bolt. If anything suspicions happens there would be thousands of them.

“Where is your bathroom”, Carrie asks politely.

A woman behind the counter gestures to the right.

We walk slowly around the corner and to my disbelief I see it.  A telephone booth. It is from like the early 1900s no doubt but these are the things I notice.  For everyone around here it is the norm for 2112. But I know it is 99.