[ Riz had decided this since their arrival. But that's probably of no surprise to anyone who knows him; prone to fits of conspiracy and paranoia, Riz thinks that anyone and everyone is hiding something, even if what they're hiding happens to be relatively benign. What doesn't help Riz very much in battling this tendency is the fact that he's usually right.
Such is the world they're from, and such is the world they're in now, as far as Riz is concerned. ]
If it was just about control, I don't think they'd be so... violent about it? They're so concerned with everything here seeming normal. Nice. Having killer robots going around attacking people is way more strict than they are about anything else.
[ It's supposed to be idyllic here; students in school, no single-parent homes (save for Fabian, who seems like he'd been forgotten in a paperwork shuffle), stable, middle-class jobs, big yards and nice houses... it stinks of artifice. ]
Something that only comes out at night. Or something that the people in charge can only do at night. I haven't decided what theory seems more likely yet.
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[ Riz had decided this since their arrival. But that's probably of no surprise to anyone who knows him; prone to fits of conspiracy and paranoia, Riz thinks that anyone and everyone is hiding something, even if what they're hiding happens to be relatively benign. What doesn't help Riz very much in battling this tendency is the fact that he's usually right.
Such is the world they're from, and such is the world they're in now, as far as Riz is concerned. ]
If it was just about control, I don't think they'd be so... violent about it? They're so concerned with everything here seeming normal. Nice. Having killer robots going around attacking people is way more strict than they are about anything else.
[ It's supposed to be idyllic here; students in school, no single-parent homes (save for Fabian, who seems like he'd been forgotten in a paperwork shuffle), stable, middle-class jobs, big yards and nice houses... it stinks of artifice. ]
Something that only comes out at night. Or something that the people in charge can only do at night. I haven't decided what theory seems more likely yet.