Original sentence: Alex does eventually receive messages from Rainbow characters Zippy and George, and other signals through a handheld radio and the television set.She also draws upon her knowledge of Tyler's experiences in 1973 to inform her decisions on how to act in the world of 1981.When Drake herself is shot during a hostage situation and finds herself transported back to 1981, it is her familiarity with Tyler's world that leads her to believe she is "hallucinating", and that the people around her are simply fictitious constructs of her own mind; however, at the end of the first series it is suggested that they are not fictitious as Gene Hunt is a part of Drake's past
Edited sentence: Alex does eventually receive messages from Rainbow characters Zippy and George, and other signals through a hand-held radio and the television set.At the end of the first series it is suggested that the characters might not be fictitious when Gene Hunt interacts with Drake's childhood self.Drake also draws upon her knowledge of Tyler's experiences in 1973 to inform her decisions on how to act in the world of 1981.She nonetheless believes it necessary to play along with this fiction because Drake interprets it to be her brain's way of staying active until she can be rescued and treated.When Drake herself is shot during a hostage situation and finds herself transported back to 1981, it is her familiarity with Tyler's world that leads her to believe she is "hallucinating", and that the people around her are simply fictitious constructs of her own mind