[ This one takes a delay, however many minutes needed to read, absorb, freak out a little, and write. ]
if Shepard came from a world where AIs or rogue AIs were possible, she may have that perception bias, and if there is anything I have learned about studying this place, it is to discard what you expect to know. if 'it' is a rogue AI, I can't see how it would only be that, thus making that conclusion somewhat tenuous. I have heard theory that we are dealing with something more demonic, and that makes as much sense to me as anything else.
but I'll grant you, she got a closer look than most of us. my question would be, what does that imply?
it's the story of the Cyllene that captured my attention/sounded familiar to me. Charlotte was also called a "mistake" by the smiley entity. as if she was never meant to exist in our plane of reality/time. I think what else is telling is that unlike Felix, telepaths here cannot read her mind. the same is true of the 'ghosts' we see on occasion. of monsters and other phenomena, I can usually at least get an empathic sense of their existing.
I have a proposal as to Felix: Dr Gallo can utilise her magic to track him, whether he allows it or not. as he is not in total control of himself, I don't feel a need to garner his cooperation.
as much as I would argue for his privacy, I think knowing he is potentially being controlled by something is imperative information. I'm torn as to whether an amount of detail and specificity is necessary: it could serve as a warning and advise to steer psychically clear of it, and god knows people will ask. on the flipside, people don't like being told 'no' and it may attract unwanted curiousity. what happened to me was dangerous, and could have been dangerous for others.
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if Shepard came from a world where AIs or rogue AIs were possible, she may have that perception bias, and if there is anything I have learned about studying this place, it is to discard what you expect to know. if 'it' is a rogue AI, I can't see how it would only be that, thus making that conclusion somewhat tenuous. I have heard theory that we are dealing with something more demonic, and that makes as much sense to me as anything else.
but I'll grant you, she got a closer look than most of us. my question would be, what does that imply?
it's the story of the Cyllene that captured my attention/sounded familiar to me. Charlotte was also called a "mistake" by the smiley entity. as if she was never meant to exist in our plane of reality/time. I think what else is telling is that unlike Felix, telepaths here cannot read her mind. the same is true of the 'ghosts' we see on occasion. of monsters and other phenomena, I can usually at least get an empathic sense of their existing.
I have a proposal as to Felix: Dr Gallo can utilise her magic to track him, whether he allows it or not. as he is not in total control of himself, I don't feel a need to garner his cooperation.
as much as I would argue for his privacy, I think knowing he is potentially being controlled by something is imperative information. I'm torn as to whether an amount of detail and specificity is necessary: it could serve as a warning and advise to steer psychically clear of it, and god knows people will ask. on the flipside, people don't like being told 'no' and it may attract unwanted curiousity. what happened to me was dangerous, and could have been dangerous for others.