“Why?” Nurse Ratched asked. “It seems illogical. Why did they not just speak to each other if they were lonely?” “They did,” Dad said. “Or they tried, at least. But they hated as much as they loved. They feared what they didn’t understand. Even as they built us, they pushed for more. And the further they went, the less control they had. They accused each other of treachery. They poisoned the earth. They had time to change their ways, but they didn’t. And their anger grew until it exploded in fire. Most of them died. But we remained, because our flesh wasn’t their flesh. Our bodies were not
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