[ WP ] You live in two different universes . Each time you go to sleep in one , you wake up in the other . Now that it 's your 18th birthday , you must choose one .

`` Hi Josh, my name is Angela, I understand you're having trouble making your Dimension Decision?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, and my birthday is tomorrow, so...'' 
 
 `` Well, that's why I'm here, to counsel kids... sorry, young adults like you and help you make the right choice. Now, why do n't you start by telling me a little about the choice you're facing.'' 
 
 `` Well, I guess you know all about this world, but I've got a great family here, it's my birth dimension, I have a lot of friends...'' 
 
 `` Excellent. Why do n't you talk a little about how you perceive the world around you, in general?'' 
 
 `` I mean, there's problems I guess, but overall things seem OK.'' 
 
 `` All right. Why do n't you tell me a little about your Other Dimension then. Remember, everyone's Other Dimension is unique, yours is likely very different from the one I had growing up. Tell me, what makes it unique or special?'' 
 
 `` Well, it is way different. For one thing, there are n't countries like we have, it's just one world government. And the government is n't like a President or senators and such, it's just this one guy they call Overwatcher.'' 
 
 ``... really?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, and they kind of have some weird rules. Like, you can only be out of your house at certain times, and you have to have this card with you, or you'll be arrested. And there's these secret police they call The Arm, that will come around and arrest people for something, even if they were n't doing anything.'' 
 
 `` So the government is an authoritarian dictatorship?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, I guess. And it's, like, really hot there all the time. I mean like a hundred degrees, even in the winter. In the summer it gets hot enough that you ca n't go outside, and a lot of people just stay underground a lot.'' 
 
 `` Goodness!'' 
 
 `` And every like five years there's this species of insect that wakes up from hibernation. Kind of like cicadas, I guess, but these are more like the size of dogs? For like a week there are like billions of them all around the globe, they'll fly around and try to suck blood from anyone they can.'' 
 
 `` Um... anything else?'' 
 
 `` I don't..oh, they kill anyone that's got red hair. Like newborns, minutes after birth. And it's not like a secret or anything, they take them to this special... temple, I guess you'd call it... every city has one... and everyone gathers and there's a bunch of chanting and they'll just slice a newborn baby open. It's really gross.'' 
 
 `` Well Josh, what you're describing to me seems quite horrible, to be frank. I know that you grew up in both of these worlds, and a lot of this may seem normal to you, that's something Dimensional Counselors must always keep in mind. But at the risk of offending you, your Other Earth really seems like a terrible place.'' 
 
 `` Oh, yeah, it sucks. I hate it there.'' 
 
 `` So I guess I'm confused as to why you're having trouble deciding?'' 
 
 `` Well, they have this food there, called Kaienta.'' 
 
 ``... food?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, it's kind of like pizza, but really sweet. There's a fruit that grows there called Kai Fruit, they mash it up kind of like they do with tomatoes and make a paste, spread it on a crust... but it's not like pizza crust that we have here, it's stiffer, kind of like a bagel? It's hard to describe, but it's just amazing.'' 
 
 ``... Kaienta?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, I eat it for every meal. And it's healthy, too. I mean, you eat one of these and you feel like a million bucks. They say that it's got all kinds of vitamins and stuff, but whatever, it's the taste, really. There's nothing here that even comes close.'' 
 
 `` So let me get this straight: You may be willing to brave a Big Brother-style government, incredible heat, dog-sized blood sucking insects, and the ritual murder of infants, because of dessert pizza?'' 
 
 `` Oh I forgot about the asteroids. So, like, there's no moon there, it did n't form right or something, but instead there's this big left-over asteroid field that the Earth passes through a couple times a year. Lot of meteor strikes, but generally it's not too bad, since people are living underground a lot. Anyway, the best way I can describe Kaienta is like chocolate-flavored hamburger...''
