palms and pines

Diedre and Freddy were sitting poolside, looking at a palm tree.  Freddy says "OK, we see it now as a palm tree....but let's both go ahead and decide it should be a pine tree and watch what happens."  So they thought pine tree and danged if the tree didn't morph from palm to pine.  "What happens?" asked Diedre.  "Does Management read our minds constantly, and change the illusion to suit us?"  "Well," Freddy replies, "I think what happens is that Management actually changes the reality, not any illusion."  "How could that be?" puzzles Diedre.  "I think we are in a place where reality is plastic, and mind cuts like steel."  ponders Freddy.  A waiter appears out of thin air at their table.  They are used to that by now.  "Did you have a question?" he asks.  "Yes," answers Freddy, "When we change the tree from a palm to a pine or back again, is it an illusion, or does it in fact change it's nature?"  "Management does not deal, sir and madame, in cheap illusion.  Any change you see to suit your wish or mood is a bona fide alteration of previous reality."  Freddy sips at his drink and looks thoughtful.  "How does that work?" he frames his question carefully.  The waiter shifts his silver serving tray from one hand to the other, and explains thusly: "On very common planes of perceived reality, things only get changed through some amount of work or maybe just by accident....."  He grimaces, looks down at his feet, and starts again.  "What I'm trying to say I guess is that here where Management is in operation, work and accident have been made obsolete....on this plane those things played out a long time ago.  You don't need to work to change things, you just have to instruct or suggest how something should be, and the setting defaults to that."  he stops, and waits.  "Oh" he resumes, "As regards accident....accident is just messy, so it is usually not allowed."  Diedre has lost track of the conversation....she is thinking of going back into the pool....which begins to splash gently in anticipation.....