Jared placed a holocamera, streaming himself and his daughter, Nicole, playing chess.

"Poppa, I learned something new today at school."

"Go on …"

"People watched others following a script."

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"A script?"

"Yes, Poppa, they read words and pretended."

"Oh, like in those history simulations?"

"Yes, but for money, until governments enacted The Truth Mandate."

"I don't remember that." Jared raised an eyebrow.

"Well, before, Poppa, people told stories with marketing and propaganda, so fiction became forbidden. Now we only show true life or nature—Look, Poppa! We have 12,000,000 upvotes!"

"That's great, Nicole. Just be yourself. Let's get more followers!"