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your suspension hibernation.

Did you sign a contract

with these people, David?

What's the Lucid Dream option?

Good choice.

The Lucid Dream

is Life Extension's newest option.

For a little extra...

we offer the cryonic union...

of science and entertainment.

"Cryo-tainment."

Some find this presentation

helpful.

I have a universe

Inside me

Portrait of a modern human life.

American, male...

birth and death.

Imagine that you are suffering

from a terminal illness.

You'd like to be cryonized,

but you'd rather be resurrected...

to continue your own life

as you know it now.

LE offers you the answer.

Upon resurrection...

you will continue

in an ageless state...

preserved

but living in the present...

with a future

of your choosing.

Your death will be wiped

from your memory.

Your life will continue as

a realistic work of art...

painted by you,

minute to minute...

and you'll live it with the

romantic abandon of a summer day...

with the feeling

of a great movie...

or a pop song you always loved--

with no memory

of how it all occurred...

save for the knowledge...

that everything simply improved.

In any instance

of discontent...

you'll be visited

by technical support.

It's all just around the corner.

The day after tomorrow,

another chapter begins seamlessly.

A living dream.

Life Extension 's promise to you.

Life, part two.

A living dream.

"Your death will be

wiped from your memory."

I guess I missed that one

in USA Today.

A dream.

What if there was a mistake?

What if the dream

became a nightmare?

Of course your subconscious

can always play tricks on you.

The subconscious

is a very powerful thing.

Did you sign a contract

with these people, David?

But this is a serious business.

The Lucid Dream

is worth the risk.

And what is any life

if not the pursuit of a dream?

The dream of peace...

the dream of achievement...

the dream of hearing someone

say these words...

when they really,

truly mean them.

I love you, David.

I love you.

Roam free, David.

Most of us

live our whole lives...

without any real adventure

to call our own.

It's hard to comprehend.

But they laughed

at Jules Verne too.

This...

is a revolution...

of the mind.

I wanna wake up!

Tech support!

Hey! Face!

It's a nightmare!

Tech support!

Tech support!

David Aames.

I think it's time we had

a proper reintroduction.

I'm Edmund Ventura

from the Oasis Project.

Formerly Life Extension, LE.

- Tech support.

- Yes.

Yes, I'm your tech support...

and we first met

Oh, sh*t.

You sold me the Lucid Dream.

What the hell happened?

I tried to warn you in the bar.

I told you you must exercise control,

that it all depended on your mind.

All of this...

everything is your creation.

And now we're heading toward

your true moment of choice.

True moment of choice?

Yes.

When did the Lucid Dream begin?

Remember the day

of the nightclub?

We'll meet up soon.

That night, after Sofia left you and

you fell asleep on the pavement...

that was the moment

that you chose for the splice.

- Splice?

- Splice.

The end of your real life and

the beginning of LE's Lucid Dream.

A splice of many, many years

which passed...

while you were frozen

and dreaming.

From the moment

you woke up on that street...

nothing was real

in the traditional sense.

Open your eyes.

Your Lucid Dream

is monitored by Life Extension...

and a panel of experts who are

following your every thought...

even at this moment.

Forgive me.

I'm blowing your mind.

I'm not a big fan of heights.

I know.

We erased what really happened

from your memory.

- Erased?

- Replaced.

By a better life...

under these...

beautiful, Monet-like skies.

My mother's favorite.

A better life

because you had Sofia.

You sculpted your Lucid Dream out

of the iconography of your youth.

An album cover

that once moved you.

An album cover?

There are some things...

that you're not old enough

to understand just yet.

A movie you saw once that showed you

what a father could be like...

or what love could be like.

This was a kind woman...

an individual...

more than your equal.

You barely knew her in real life,

but in your Lucid Dream...

she was your savior.

What happened in my real life?

Something happened.

What did you erase?

Do you really want to know?

Tell me everything.

The morning after the nightclub,

you woke up on that street...

hung over and alone.

You got up, walked away.

You never saw Sofia again.

I didn't kill Sofia.

You battled your board

for control of the company...

You battled your board

for control of the company...

and in the end it was Thomas Tipp,

your father's friend...

the man whose job you saved...

who wrenched the company

back into your control.

Tommy.

But then...

somebody died.

You longed for Sofia.

You shut yourself away for months.

You were alone.

You couldn't stand

the pain anymore, the headaches.

You could barely function.

I found you on the Internet.

I signed a contract with you,

and then--

I remember.

Somebody died.

It was me.

And on a day in late December...

you gave yourself to us.

You're now in a suspended state.

Your friend Brian Shelby threw a

three-day memorial in your old home.

He was a true friend.

You were missed, David.

It was Sofia

who never fully recovered.

It was she who somehow

knew you best...

and like you, she never

forgot that one night...

where true love seemed possible.

Consequences, David.

It's the little things.

The little things.

There's nothing bigger,

is there?

Your subconscious

did create problems.

Your dream

turned into a nightmare.

The glitch has been corrected.

So all I have to do

is imagine something.

Like, if I wanted...

McCabe to come back right now--

Listen to me.

These people are dangerous.

We're in trouble.

We need to get off this roof now.

We're now on pause...

and you're about to return

to your Lucid Dream.

With all the upgrades...

you won't remember any of this...

nor will you be charged

for technical support.

It's now your moment of choice.

You can return to your Lucid Dream

and live a beautiful life...

with Sofia or whomever you wish...

or you can choose

the world out there.

"The world out there."

And you can bring me back...

just like Benny the dog?

Yes.

Just like Benny the dog.

Your face and body

can be fixed now, of course.

But things

are very different now...

and your finances

won't last long.

Your panel of observers

are waiting for you to choose.

There are no guarantees...

but remember...

even in the future...

the sweet is never as sweet...

without the sour.

How do I wake up?

The decision is yours.

And I chose this scenario,

didn't I?

Yes, to face your last

remaining fear of heights.

David, don't listen to him.

You were right. This is

the seven dwarfs. It's a setup!

You can't trust him.

Don't feel bad for him, David.

This winning man is your creation.

It's in his nature to fight for

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