Y'know, you can just block 'em with your brain, right? (Granted, it wasn't actually using anyone's brain, but it might as well be. The Daze had been effortless for Dirk to adjust to. He taps his temple.)

Just think really hard at them about them vanishing or some shit.

(Which sounds like an absolute lie. He's about to go into some lame explanation when the guy suddenly sprouts that. Dirk stares at him blankly, and then, rather robotically:)

If we are in an actual simulation, which I'm pretty sure we are, then it is incredibly unlikely anyone will ever actually die in any real sense of the word. We might undergo a similar experience as death, but I'd bet my left nut that we'd just snap back into this reality.