... sighs and downs a cold one in a single drink
Boy did a pick a bad time to resume this manga.
Big sis saw death in the eye and went "I'm sorry, I left my last remaining fuck in my other lab coat"
Guess we're getting closer to the meaning of the "simulation", and while the answer could be obvious, (a dream within a dream, a la Inception, most likely Shimeji's) that doesn't make this trip any less enjoyable... Or trippy, heh.
I do feel kinda bad for the Gardener, seeing her cry like that. She doesn't understand this degenerate wasteland much more than anyone else, she's just doing her job, damn it! I think big sis is right, mind you, I just hope the Gardener is... not in a bad position right now...