Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: It features two men , Proog ( the elder and more experienced ) and Emo ( the younger and more nervous ) living in a miraculous construction referred to only as `` The Machine '' ; Proog tries to introduce Emo to its nature but the latter is reluctant and argues about its purpose .
Simplified: It instead has Proog and Emo in a extremely bizarre construction referred to only as `` the machine . '' Proog tries to introduce Emo to its nature , but Emo is reluctant ( If a person is reluctant to do something , he\/she does not want to do it . )