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"nothing is as it seems, my son."

because "is" and "seem" are tools with different purposes, and you can only use one at a time

this isn't a warning, this is a structural clarification

an actor onstage, their character unaware it's a play. this isn't a trap: the play was written with love, and the stage crew is at the top of their game. on waking, the character will be able to perform in-universe magic — immersed in story, making eye contact with the crew to swap elements in and out of the universe before the baffled eyes of the other characters — and the audience will find the production satisfyingly self-aware

I am a character who is mapping my experience of stage, and who is inferring an interface to backstage

if I were watching this, I would love it

(you see what I did there?)