I have found the comments about spelling, grammar, anatomical correctness in art, and similar items, are rarely well received. There are a few webcomics where the artist is receptive to such comments, but they the artist usually makes it apparent in their comments.
According to Google, a muggle is "somebody who is not conversant with a specific activity or skill. It appears to be British slang.https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=muggle&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
When I played with the bit manipulation tools, I found that the cigar is actually a lighter color than his coat. If you map the gray scale values 0 to 90 to 0 to 255 with everything over 90 in the original image to 255, you can see that the difference. This is a technique used to see small differences in brightness in X-ray images known as windowing.
Usage of the fact that black objects on a black background are practically invisible is an effect used in stage magic known as “black art”. https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Black_art I mention this here because everything with Aaron appears to be an illusion.
Similar situations have occurred in real life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_Poisons At the time of Louis XIV, a number of members of the aristocracy raised cash by using the “powders of inheritance” (poison) on their relatives.
I believe that the 30 second warning is more of a formality, like reading the riot act. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-it-actually-means-to-read-the-riot-act-to-someone After the time limit, you can use whatever means necessary to quiet the crowd, including killing them so that they’ll rest in peace. Stopping the riot has a higher priority than arresting people. The other wolves certainly seem to be taking the warning seriously.
I believe that the following argument is most appropriate for this question. You are either seeing reality or an illusion. If you are seeing an illusion, the illusion may be following reality or it may have no relationship. If you are seeing an illusion and it does not follow reality, it doesn’t matter what you do or believe. In the other cases, believing that you escaped actually indicates that you escaped or that the simulation is acting as if you escaped, both of which are desirable conditions. You might as well act as if you escaped. If you didn’t, there is nothing that you can do about it.
I thought that it was a reference to The Treachery of Images, also known for the line “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”. >