[ four is unfortunately a sunflower to the sun of approval, so she preens a little, in her own way, in the way she looks a little livelier with brighter eyes. ]
... So it was for the elite and the privilege, and it was abused in the worst ways. I'm glad it was shut down, then. It's all right to rely on something and ask for and receive help, but a dependency like that sounds like a disease.
[ four can't imagine what a perfect life is like. ]
Why did you write a book about the Eden System, if you lived somewhere where no one could use it?
anyway. he nods along to that description, making a noise of agreement, and as for the second, a quieter, more serious answer. ]
Because knowledge is power, Four. Always. [ to anyone. to students, to adults. to himself, learning the ins and outs of eden. ] Even if we couldn't use it all the time, people still used it. Wielded it like a weapon, really.
And besides - there are some functions of it that are helpful. The use of neural networks - I studied for a long period of my life to try and find a way for people who couldn't connect to them to work around it. Not so much for the use of Eden, but for the ability to power mechs, so they might be able to travel, or open up their world view even further than just the Eighth Galaxy itself. Or - so they might be able to defend themselves, just in case.
[ she doesn't quite understand how neural networks work, but the though of connecting her brain to anything is a bit alarming. maybe that's how his society has grown to accept what's best, but four, in her ye olde fantasy mindset, finds it a bit scary. ]
So people only have to think to defend themselves in the end? It'd be an easier or simpler way to survive?
[ she isn't going to mention how she doesn't know what mechs are. ]
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... So it was for the elite and the privilege, and it was abused in the worst ways. I'm glad it was shut down, then. It's all right to rely on something and ask for and receive help, but a dependency like that sounds like a disease.
[ four can't imagine what a perfect life is like. ]
Why did you write a book about the Eden System, if you lived somewhere where no one could use it?
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anyway. he nods along to that description, making a noise of agreement, and as for the second, a quieter, more serious answer. ]
Because knowledge is power, Four. Always. [ to anyone. to students, to adults. to himself, learning the ins and outs of eden. ] Even if we couldn't use it all the time, people still used it. Wielded it like a weapon, really.
And besides - there are some functions of it that are helpful. The use of neural networks - I studied for a long period of my life to try and find a way for people who couldn't connect to them to work around it. Not so much for the use of Eden, but for the ability to power mechs, so they might be able to travel, or open up their world view even further than just the Eighth Galaxy itself. Or - so they might be able to defend themselves, just in case.
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So people only have to think to defend themselves in the end? It'd be an easier or simpler way to survive?
[ she isn't going to mention how she doesn't know what mechs are. ]