[ alhaitham's hand waves. kaveh's gaze follows without seeing. the points made make sense - it's akin to saying that the effort needed to erase civilisation surpasses the benefit gained if there had been something to erase entirely. why have a cage prepared reusing an used 'set' if a new one can be created devoid of all the incriminating bits of information? but resources-wise, is that really more efficient?
alhaitham calls it a cage. kaveh thinks of the pristine buildings, the carefully prepared apartments, and the little bits and pieces of life that still clings to its veneer. ]
I see your logic. [ kaveh says, because alhaitham has a way of explaining things that germinates his ideas in the back of your mind. it makes sense. there has to be more, kaveh thinks: ] But if this were an artificial cage created solely for its current new inhabitants, then some details are extraneous. For example, in the clothing stores, there are clothing of all types, trims and colours; there was a dress on a rack that had a single stitch out of place, a bit of black that bled into red. The apartments too; some of the ones I've sifted through had photo frames that weren't empty - they merely had scenery so generic that it begs the question who was standing in front of it to make it worthwhile for a Kamera to record it. If this were a mere artificial cage, would someone bother to create all these little details? Could even a group of people create details so compelling to speak of a life that people didn't live?
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alhaitham calls it a cage. kaveh thinks of the pristine buildings, the carefully prepared apartments, and the little bits and pieces of life that still clings to its veneer. ]
I see your logic. [ kaveh says, because alhaitham has a way of explaining things that germinates his ideas in the back of your mind. it makes sense. there has to be more, kaveh thinks: ] But if this were an artificial cage created solely for its current new inhabitants, then some details are extraneous. For example, in the clothing stores, there are clothing of all types, trims and colours; there was a dress on a rack that had a single stitch out of place, a bit of black that bled into red. The apartments too; some of the ones I've sifted through had photo frames that weren't empty - they merely had scenery so generic that it begs the question who was standing in front of it to make it worthwhile for a Kamera to record it. If this were a mere artificial cage, would someone bother to create all these little details? Could even a group of people create details so compelling to speak of a life that people didn't live?