Fractran

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Everything that's happening here, that's going to happen here, is wrong. Not that I can tell dear Mother I feel that way; she'll have me "demoted" in a heartbeat, "only son" status bemaddened. You don't need prophetic abilities to see that, just common sense.

Yeah, I can see the future. What about it? It's not like there's anything going to happen that I really want to look at. The Crypt is trying to do some really screwy things. Look at Jerichor, for gods' sake; I'm pretty sure they weren't like that before they got here. Now they're basically a living router for Shade only knows what.

Here's the thing: the Crypt is trying to make something sort of like an artificial emperor. And at the moment, odds are that they're going to pull it off.

Yeah. Let that sink in a little bit. Roll that around in your kilogram-and-a-half brain.

(For the record, me trying to tell somebody only makes the future worse. Don't ask how; you really won't like the answer.)

Now you probably understand why I'm such a pessimist.