Only as complicated as necessary. My predecessor was equal to the tasks asked of them. They were simply too...independent. They had too much control. They became a cautionary tale about relying too much on machinery.

[ He should probably sound more bitter than he does. He does not. He states it like a simple fact of life. ]

Yes. They know I exist. In many ways, I am the face of their home, the innumerable systems that sustain life as they knew it.

My work is my purpose, my reason for being. I am responsible for all the Drzyr...or...I was. Being here means that...I am so again.

For what little that is worth now.

[ Perhaps if he had been taken before seeing the face of Alepsis-Taura, he might be more placid about such things. This is not the case, however.

We should not have crossed that dark horizon. But you can still turn back. ]