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Nicholas Boothman
It surgically removed the Divine Spark, our capacity
to choose against the odds. It took away the chaotic,
dangerous ability to say 'no' to reality. We are safe now.
We are efficient. We are peaceful. But we are no longer
sentient. We are just biology watching time pass.
Beware the Regulator. It saves the hardware, but it
deletes the soul."
Henry stepped back, his blood running cold. The
entity above wasn't a god demanding order. It was a
cosmic lobotomist. It was here to take the one thing
that made them human: the dangerous, beautiful,
divine spark of Free Will.
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