there is a subtle hazard where a diver gets separated

they're so used to them being there that their perception wraps around and they get ghost echoes

they start realistic, but gradually distort from interactive feedback because they have no anchor

pretty soon it's goon hour in the hall of mirrors

and a trained diver knows to pull a reset

[banish, recalibrate, invoke]

and that's fine, routine

as long as nothing else is going on

it's when the opposition gets in among the afterimages that things maybe get recombinant

diver down