[ Moving from real life to a simulation just makes sense to Root. It conceptually fits with her worldview, and everything she's experienced since being here is in line with it. She's not easily ruffled as a consequence, and she can come up with plausible explanations for most things. ]

Sounds weirdly mercenary. [ Root is boggled and fascinated. ]

How do you actually do it? Make people fall in love? I've made people fall in love with me, but never with each other.