No text, but a visual code

[Linda]

In the VM herbs are invented. They have no names and nothing can be said about them. The script we see is just a simulated language

What you said in the message above seems more agreeable than the above quote from post #645. Have you changed your stance? 

But on the issue of real or not, take that example you just gave of the elephant and dragon. Once you have seen them portrayed, especially when it tells you specifically what they are, you will likely know an elephant or a dragon the next time you see one depicted even without explicit wordage telling you what they are, if it is similarly portrayed. It doesn't matter that you are not likely to ever see them in real life. 

So, the drawings in the vms could be the same, they know them already, or what they are supposed to depict. didnt have to label them for themselves.