The real trick to understanding the Branan is to recognize the fact that they’ve had fully developed physical and digital worlds living side by side since before Caesar crossed the Rubicon and took over the Roman Republic. Earthborn humanity grew up without advanced digital worlds, so has a common misconception that the electronic world is artificial, false, made up, virtual, or at best alternate. The Branan have lived with the electronic worlds for over two millennia. Every type of world is real to them. Every place exists. So never make the mistake of treating a Second Life Branan individual or world like they are less real or alive. It is a supreme insult to their entire civilization.