[ Ah. He lacks the forbidden knowledge. Eustace is so innocent and untainted. Unaware of the vast, miserable, and real-world out there— the source of their origins. Consumerism, escapism, and boredom! ]

Plenty, huh? [ Pah! Dark laughs. ]

Okay, so how many of the women in Kenos are shard bearers? This place is just made to make the shard bearers more important than anyone else! On top of that, the whole plot is about what does or doesn't happen to our worlds from now. And more shard bearers show up every other season, right? Pretty sure they call them in when they want to spice things up with new, important characters! And, I don't know if you've noticed, but when it flops, those characters wind up going away.

[ Madness. Absolute madness. The statements might only make sense to Dokja and a few others who are perhaps too open-minded or patient enough to consider his words. ]

But don't worry, what I just said is forbidden knowledge, anyway. I don't expect you'll get what I'm saying if you weren't designed for it. There's only one other guy here who's as aware of all this as I am, but he's set on pretending he isn't. He's not a wizard, though— just a guy...

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