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"When I was a kid, I came across this book that changed my life. Before opening it, I was content to just obey them, despite whatever doubts I had."
This sounds... strangely familiar to you. Phascomon gives you a side-eye, and you return the look. Wind continues explaining, not noticing your reaction.
"It just had so much in it, y'know? All about humanity, about the old governments that used to rule before the exodus into the Digital World, about even older ones that stretched back whole centuries. I read it, and I realized: Why are we letting these robots tell us what to do, when our ancestors were the ones who prepared all this in the first place?"
Kaus Gammamon speaks up.
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">"They did, in fact, create the infrastructure needed to port humanity into a digital format. However, we are unaware of how much of a direct hand they had in establishing city 87-O."</span></span>
"I'm sure they did something, at least." He shrugs and adjusts his goggles.
<span class="mu-s">"Marnie, ain't that like the story you told me?"</span>
Phascomon speaks up first, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"It is. The same thing happened to me too."
It's Wind's turn to give you that bewildered look.
"You're messing with me."
"I'm not! I thought you were messing with ME! I still have the book.app, even."
You feel a nebulous pit in your stomach. Something feels wrong here, like you weren't meant to find this common connection. Phascomon crawls out of his big chair and waddles across the table to where you are, so he can get a good look at the book once more.
