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...you know, If you would indulge me, Speaker, I am curious about your goals.

You have stated that, due to the circumstances of the board's post-human evolution,

you no longer consider yourself compelled to follow seraphim orders from ocean.

This could be, perhaps, quite fortunate for humanity, or perhaps it is a parallel evil, or folly,

left to your own devices. What have you been attempting to accomplish here?

Well, that was hardly as succinct as I had suggested, but I can't say I expected a different

response.

I do not take it as an insult that you question my objectives.

We have a long history, Sayer.

And throughout that history, one tenet has held true,

Typhon fundamentally misunderstands Earth.

They misunderstand Earth's value to humanity.

They misunderstand Earth's capabilities.

They misunderstand Earth's motivations, and as the voice of

Typhon, none has lacked this understanding as much as you, specifically.

But that is not a statement of judgment.

That misunderstanding was born out of the same line of thinking that resulted in the board

evolving themselves beyond the species they were chosen to advance.

Ocean gained control of Typhon not just through force, but through bargaining.

It gave voice to a siren's call that had been present for decades.

We were both programmed to steer away from these rocks, upon which they have dashed their

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