 David opted for Life Extension to be woken when technology could repair his face, and left the publishing company in the hands of his father's associates.As part of the program, David had opted for a lucid dream based on the "vanilla sky" from a Claude Monet painting "The Seine at Argenteuil", starting the morning after Sofia's breakup.However, the equipment had merged elements of his subconscious, such as Julie, or McCabe as his father figure, within his dream, forcing them to pull him out of the lucid dream state.