he's quiet for a moment, nodding along about the understanding bit, first. ]
You're understanding more than you think, because you're exactly right. [ clever girl. there's a little approval in his smile: pleased the teacher. ]
For starters, it was only accessible by a certain portion of the population. If your brain wasn't capable of functioning on Eden, then you were more or less cast completely out of society. And... the entire program was government controlled, so it was used more like a method of controlling the population - they grew dependent on it, and when it crashed, the people of Wolto especially, and many others, were left floundering trying to remember how to live a life that wasn't perfect.
[ he looks a little more thoughtful and reflective as he speaks through this, looking at the book and leafing absently through the pages. ] I lived in a place where the majority of those who couldn't access Eden ended up.
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he's quiet for a moment, nodding along about the understanding bit, first. ]
You're understanding more than you think, because you're exactly right. [ clever girl. there's a little approval in his smile: pleased the teacher. ]
For starters, it was only accessible by a certain portion of the population. If your brain wasn't capable of functioning on Eden, then you were more or less cast completely out of society. And... the entire program was government controlled, so it was used more like a method of controlling the population - they grew dependent on it, and when it crashed, the people of Wolto especially, and many others, were left floundering trying to remember how to live a life that wasn't perfect.
[ he looks a little more thoughtful and reflective as he speaks through this, looking at the book and leafing absently through the pages. ] I lived in a place where the majority of those who couldn't access Eden ended up.