“We were taxed for overuse of the Worldline, but now none of those rules can be enforced. Everyone knows it’s killing us, but they can’t stop using it. If you were to write a new code and show off a little—maybe fire some plasma bolts or whatever your weapons can do—then people would follow it for fear of getting disintegrated by alien weapons.” Ziel scratched between his horns. “I feel like you just need someone in charge who’s going to maintain the Worldline.” “Exactly! Who are you going to appoint? Not me, I hate this job.” Dross could show Ziel exactly what was involved with this, but he’d
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