Yeah, there really are. It sounds crazy, right? But it's real. They're agents working for the Two, at least some of them. So while they're powerful, they're ... not as powerful as them. It's really them we'd need to keep an eye out for.

[ the agents... well. they're after their own interests, always, and as long as you don't get in their way, you should be okay. it's when their interests go directly against yours that you should be worried. ]

A part of it is, yeah. But ... it's complicated. [ elena chews on her lip since she just had this conversation with atum. ] It's also a better alternative for a lot of people. It's saved them from a worse fate and given them a second chance. I've been reunited with people I never thought I'd see again, and they get second chances, too. Even if it ends up being a game to the people behind the curtains, it's not all bad, either.

[ she's grown fond of it in a lot of ways. and ... really hates it in others. ]