It's like the dude in Plato's cave. The one who can only see the shadows, not the things that create the shadows. It's the layer that's under the layer that can be seen. In Pop terms, it's the Matrix. The thing we can't see or experience but is there as a reality. It's the truth hidden beneath the image. The Second Sight. The rumor that turns out to be true. The lie that is the foundation of a collective assumption. It's the reflection in the glass.

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