> Listen to yourself.

> I am not what you see and hear

> verb second_word [optional_third_word]

> This chapter is the most difficult in the story, so if you find yourself lost or prefer to read this chapter, enter "full text" to see all of the chapter's inputs and outputs. It will take some time for the full text to load due to the chapter's complexity, so give it a moment.

> In each output, when you see the first familiar verb from the prompt, then the next familiar word(s), put them together to move forward to the next output, which will guide you in the same pattern toward the next input to enter.

> Each stage you progress in the chapter...

>> <-- ...will show more of these arrows.

> Color will guide you, with each new journal entry beginning with a date and a new color. But if it is not a verb, it is not yet relevant. Wait until you see the familiar verb in the output, then you will have your next input.

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Chapter 5 Manual (read carefully because there are differences from the preceding chapters' manuals)

> Inputs in the command line must be 2- or 3-word combinations that you've pulled from the prompt for the chapter, shown above (with verbs highlighted in bold; every valid input combination will start with one of those verbs).

> Every input should look like this: verb second_word [optional_third_word]

> For example, if your initial prompt is "i am not what you see and hear," valid inputs could be "see what you," "see not," "hear and not," "hear you," "am i," "am not what," or "am and see," among many others (different 2-to-3-word combinations of words from that initial prompt).

> Inputs with too many or too few words or words that are not from the prompt are invalid, and the terminal will tell you that there is nothing that it can do with the input.

> In this chapter, when you enter a valid input, it will generate an output that will directly guide you toward the next correct input. That correct input generate an output that itself will guide you to the next correct input, then eventually to the next stage within the chapter (or to the next chapter).

> In this chapter (and only this chapter), the objective is to move from one input to the next, instead of identifying the correct input to move to the next stage, like in other chapters.

> Each output tells a sequential part of a dream Tera has written in her journals. The dreams will not make sense out of order. Much like dreaming, in this chapter, you're observing each output rather than controlling it.

> Your inputs will always have a ->~ icon in front of them by default (but don't type that icon yourself), and the terminal's outputs will always have a > icon in front of them, like this:

->~ input

> output

> When you enter a correct input, you'll know that you've reached the next stage because you'll see an extra > icon in front of the terminal's outputs in that stage, like this:

>> Output in Stage 2.

or

>>> Output in Stage 3.

*****

> When you enter a correct input, the verb you entered as the first word will be locked. You will no longer need to use that verb to progress to the next stage.

> Here's an example. Assume this is your prompt:

> enter whatever word you choose

> If your input is:

->~ choose whatever you

>> And it turns out to be the correct input, as the two >> icons to the left of the output demonstrate, you will no longer need to enter an input with the verb choose to get to the next stage, and every time you enter a valid input that begins with choose, it will simply generate its output from the previous stage(s).

> The goal is not to overwhelm you with duplicate inputs and to make it a little easier for you to choose the correct input as the chapters get more complex.

*****

> An input might generate fewer > icons in the output than you expect.

> Read the output you receive--to help you follow the story--then enter the same input again, and re-enter that input until the number of > icons in the output catches up to your current stage.

> That inconsistency between stage number and the number of > icons simply means that you never entered a particular input on a previous stage.

> Keep in mind that each stage in a chapter generally stands on its own, and an output from an earlier stage usually won't help guide you to the correct input of a later stage.

> But every output is there to help tell Tera's story.

*****

> Type "clear" to clear the output history from the screen.

> Type "full text" if you get lost or prefer to read the chapter as a story. It will show you all of the chapter's inputs and outputs. It might take some time for the full text to load due to the complexity or length.

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Chapter 5 Intro

> This chapter won't be like what you've seen so far.

> It is the most difficult and stylized chapter of the story, with a flow unlike any of the others.

> Remember that if you find yourself lost or simply want to read the chapter, type "full text," and you'll see all of the chapter's inputs and outputs. It will take some time for the full text to load due to the chapter's complexity, so give it a moment.

> This chapter will take you on a journey.

> Every output in front of you will show you where to go next.

> Remember your prompt--"I am not what you see and hear."

> When you see the first verb that is in the prompt, and then the next word or two words that are also in the prompt, you put them all together to generate the correct next input.

->~ see and you

> Color will guide you, with each new journal entry of Tera's beginning with a date and a new color. But if the first word you recognize from the prompt is not a verb, it is not yet relevant.

> Read until you see a verb from the prompt, then find up to two more words from the prompt. Together they will show you your next input.

->~ see you

> Just like that.

> Here's where to start your journey: hear i

->~ hear i

> 04.04.2011 I wasn't completely sure whether I was really alive in this place, and yet I wasn't completely sure that I hadn't been there forever and would be there forever to come. Am I now even sure that the things we all see differ from the things that existed in there?