The Dream Hotel

Sara dreams of going on a hike with Elias, who refuses to listen to her, doesn’t allow breaks, and takes pictures of her when she isn’t in the mood. She swats the camera away and Elias falls off a rope bridge into a river. Sara wakes up and records the dream after the morning check, deciding it means she is concerned about Elias’s burdens since she is in retention and cannot help him. She thinks about how her lawyer, Abdo, cannot access the algorithm since the company has ruled that it is private. He uses her reports and description of her dreams to make their case.

At breakfast, Sara decides to not buy an apple for an eight-dollar premium. Her friend Alice is eagerly discussing Kindred by Octavia Butler. Lucy says she once lived next door to Octavia Butler, which none of them believe. They discuss the VR adaptations of Kindred and talk to Eisley, who reluctantly admits she is a fitness trainer for FitClient but works for “normal people,” which the others laugh at. Eisley argues that her clients prioritize fitness regardless of the cost and are therefore responsible people, but the others point out that the trainers make money on people needing good health scores to get affordable insurance.