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That things been messing with memories for a while now though, right? [ thinking. ] You don't think it might've done something to the leaders as well?

It's messed with memories?

[ me trying to remember this information. ]

There was something about people who've lost previous rounds of this stupid competion being ... like... assimilated into the world or something? I remember seeing it way before we got confirmation you guys could come back, and wondering how they managed to give dead people a place here.

Maybe 'messed with memories' isn't exactly it, but didn't you think it was weird people here didn't question the competition or the executions for so long?

Oh, right, that. I remember.

Yeah, people who lost here got brainwashed, but I don't think that applied to the leads...?

Not to the same extent, yeah, but I wonder if something got messed with. [ … ] Or if they were told this was the only way to stop this cycle from repeating.

Doesn’t make things better for us, but I think I’d like to understand the ‘why’ a bit better.

You're free to ask, but it's not like they'd know if they were messed with, right?

That’s why I never really asked. I wouldn’t get accurate data out of it.

Maybe once it's over, you can ask. They'll know by then.

Provided the moon doesn't pull the same crap with us first.

[ positivity! ]

If it could've, it would've by now. Right?

If it hasn't, I'm sure there's probably something stopping it. Especially now the competition is considered over and done with, but... I don't know if I can say confidently it won't try somehow, before this is all over?

It's been a looming threat for a while now.