Walking Through The Gobi Desert Short Story

Setting: Walking through the Gobi Desert (thirsty)
After 5 hours of walking in the desert without water, Keshawna finally starts mumbling to herself
Keshawna: Oh My Goodness! Why is it so hot? I feel like I am melting.
Her eyes start burning from the dryness and the sand. Suddenly, she heard a voice to the right of her.
John Locke: You are wrong. Do you know that?
Keshawna: What am I wrong about?
JL: You said that it was hot. Temperature is subjective. This means that it is a secondary property. We place temperature to objects.
Keshawna: I think I understand. Do you mean that if one hand held ice and the other didn’t then I placed both hands in water the “temperature” would feel different to each hand?
JL: Exactly! You catch on quickly.
Keshawna body starts to weaken even more from dehydration and she starts walking slower.

As she looks ahead, she glimpses something swaying. She squints her eyes to see better and she sees an oasis.
Keshawna: Do I actually see an oasis? Should I trust my eyes?
Abruptly, she hears a resounding NO! yelled to her left.
Keshawna: What the..?
She glances to her left and there she sees Rene Descartes scolding at her.
Rene Descartes: Have you learned nothing from reading my philosophical works?
Keshawna: Umm…
RD: Let me just interrupt that brain fart. You should never trust your senses. The only thing that should be trusted is your ability to rationalize.
Keshawna: Why shouldn’t I trust my senses?
RD: Your senses can be fooled. Take a minute and process that thought. You will understand. Hopefully!
Keshawna takes a few moments to think through this information.
Keshawna: I understand!
RD: What do you understand?
Keshawna: You are saying that I am just imagining the oasis. It is an illusion. I also understand that I am probably going to die in the desert from dehydration. Rationalism sucks.
RD: No it doesn’t. You suck. Who gets lost in the desert anyway? Without