[ He nods. If their ultimate goal is to avoid being erased, they should utilize any means of prolonging their existences.

Vergilius' question gives him pause, and he frowns because he doesn't have a good answer for that. ]

...I do not have any insight into that. "Unpredicted behavior" is precisely that -- unpredictable.

[ He's helping.

Yi Sang returns to glancing over the redacted report. He holds out the page listing "Recommendations" to Vergilius. ]

It does, however, appear the project's organizers wished for cooperation amongst some residents. And based on references to psychological testing, it seems they also wished for subjects to remain docile.