[ hawke just pulls a hand out of her pocket and gestures to the world around them. ]

There's this device, ViViD. Vibrant Virtual... something or other. The city we're in likes to play tricks on its residents, sending us into this thing at any whim. We're in ViViD now, so none of this is real.

[ a beat, one more thing. ]

Usually the way out is to meet whatever goal's been set this time. Then you'll be in the city and can go about your day.