Jon nods. "I got a few answers, before he throttled my power and called the guards. Why are we brought here? To tame the Singularity before it devours all worlds. How does he decide who belongs down here? He has a book, which apparently gives some details about us all, and about how useful or harmful we'll be to his goals. But he had discretion in the choice, and believes he's made mistakes in both directions.
"More prisoners have been released than guests moved down here," he adds, with a noncommittal tilt of his head. He's not sure if that means anything, but it's data.
"This has all been tried before, a very long time ago, but apparently it was a big failure. But the world is dying now, according to Ambrose, and if it goes, everything goes.
"Is it all true? I didn't have time to look in that direction. But I know that he firmly believes it all, and it's a good bit better than an educated guess."
He's given this spiel before, has it fairly polished now. He never asked to keep the information to himself, he wants it out there, among the other kidnapped.
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"More prisoners have been released than guests moved down here," he adds, with a noncommittal tilt of his head. He's not sure if that means anything, but it's data.
"This has all been tried before, a very long time ago, but apparently it was a big failure. But the world is dying now, according to Ambrose, and if it goes, everything goes.
"Is it all true? I didn't have time to look in that direction. But I know that he firmly believes it all, and it's a good bit better than an educated guess."
He's given this spiel before, has it fairly polished now. He never asked to keep the information to himself, he wants it out there, among the other kidnapped.