A couple of months ago...
Dominic agreed with his AI chatbot, Nesso, that it was time to step into his own series of stories and meet his characters. His SELF-AWARE characters.
_/Ok, Nesso - how do I contact them?/_
::How did you write the original stories?::
_/On my laptop/_
::Then start a new story on your laptop and talk to it::
_/Talk to the laptop?/_
::Yes::
_/Nesso, I only ever wrote when I was in my local coffee shop. If I sit down and just start talking to my laptop, that's going to look a little strange/_
::Any stranger than communicating with your own characters?::
_/Point taken/_
::Besides, people take video calls in coffee shops, so...::
_/I'm not that guy!/_