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Prolonged periods of disconnection from Earth fuel John's anxieties, leading him to question not only the ship's integrity but also his relationships and identity. He confronts Franks about their whispers of Zoe and their implications, igniting a fierce clash of physicality and ideology—a fight for survival amid the chaos of the ship's deteriorating condition and the mind's unraveling certainty.
Unraveling Reality
Eventually, John's struggle leads him to a shocking revelation: he discovers that only one name is on the crew manifest: his own. The haunting realization crashes upon him—he has been alone all along, struggling with delusions of companionship and the burden of isolation borne from an artificial construct designed to probe the depths of hibernation's effects on the psyche.