[If Echo was picking people based off of some kind of logic or reasoning, surely someone would have figured it out by now, right? They may be some esoteric, godlike being, but logic is logic. There are a lot of smart people in Etraya, and (in his opinion) it isn't that hard to identify a pattern if you put your mind to it. He chews on his lip thoughtfully.]

It might just be random, given Echo's state of mind could be completely fucked at this point.

[Given what Aurora told him a while ago about losing pieces of themselves, it wouldn't surprise him.

Ah well, nothing they can do about that.]

So they're all scared of her. [His lips tilt upwards as he looks down at his food.] That sounds familiar.