[ August gets it, manages to calm himself even though it seems to take a minute and he's still clearly distressed. Drake finds himself wishing that his power were more welcome by people, because a cool head goes a long way but he can tell that if it even worked right now it wouldn't be okay here.

He nods at the single comment -- that's right, buddy. ]

Exactly. It isn't real, but we don't know the consequences to our minds if something happens to us here, so we need to be careful. Ever seen the Matrix?