I think "shared delusion" is more of a stretch than anythin' else, honestly. They had to take the first ones to the Singularity. The physical one, out there. It exists no matter how many of us there are. Changes we make stay until we change 'em or leave this world. The place is always the same size, it don't grow or shrink based on how many of us they drag into this world. People who never been within a hundred miles of each other have the exact same experience, see the same things. Shared delusion can't account for none of that.

[ She takes the offered seat like she belongs in it, legs crossed at the knee. Looking out from this position, it feels a bit like lording over nothing, given the level of destruction. Maybe that's what makes him feel like it's not real -- because he's spending his time in a wasteland. She doubts he has much more outside of the Horizon. None of them do. ]

I'm sure they are. But you think this place can't be real just 'cause it's on a different plane or whatever? You're in a different universe from your own. I'll bet you thought there weren't any other whole universes 'til you got here. We're way past "real or fake" at this point, sugarplum. What makes you trust the Horizon any less than Abraxas?