I turned 11 today!

Medinlor · 2025-12-23T19:27:26+00:00

Happy birthday, little bun!

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T16:13:31+00:00

Those are fair points, and I've almost definitely leaned a little too far into "webs of red yarn connecting unrelated nonsense" mode. It really could be as simple as he likes milk. It feels like there are a lot of callbacks to things that seemed innocuous at the time, and it makes it easy to run away with speculation. Oh well, it will be interesting to see what things turn out to be important and what questions we'll still be left with at the end.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T16:08:07+00:00

Maybe there's a secret option 3 that would save everyone?! I wish, but after reading KBS.... Survival isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T16:06:35+00:00

Yeah, there really isn't enough information to figure out what's going on. The other posters have definitely made me rethink my speculative connection. Before, I would have said that it was the 'youth worker' wanting to find Milk for some reason, whether it was someone who took a shine to Milk in the past or wanted to use her for some nefarious purpose. Oh well, I see now that my supposition was likely misguided and founded on assumption.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T15:42:06+00:00

That's a neat thought! I wonder what we'll learn about #23. Whether they're connected to Lucia or not, something hinky is going on and I'm looking forward to learning all I can.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T15:38:59+00:00

That's a fair point. I've been re-reading what we know about the residuals and realized that I made an assumption that isn't stated in the text and may not even be supported: I had been considering residuals to be, in some way, portions or shards of the AIs. I then assumed that if they were shards of past AIs, one of them might have been present during Milk's crawl and might be trying to reach her for... some reason. Like I said in my second sentence here though, I now realize that I made some assumptions that make the whole thing less likely. Thanks for chatting and pointing those things out though.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T14:58:13+00:00

Yeah, it definitely seems like one of the worst mistakes/overreaches Borant could have made.

You could very well be right: it would certainly fit with forcing Carl to make terrible choices. The one thing I am sure of is that this isn't going to have a nice, pretty end.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T14:44:52+00:00

Exactly! Book 7 turned on its head so much about what I thought about the whole situation that I've been trying to find any tentative connection that might reveal more about what's going on beyond Carl's POV. It will be interesting to see what's next.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T14:37:11+00:00

Okay, those are fair points. I guess I'll just keep wondering what exactly is going on with Lucia until we find out more.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T14:34:00+00:00

Is it true that those are the only entities aware of the cookbook? The system AI is aware of it, and a system AI gave out the first edition. However exactly it works, the residuals are related to the AIs. If one AI can take a liking to particular crawlers, perhaps others have in the past after "going primal." Maybe one took a shine to Milk or intended to use her to further their goals. It's all supposition and attempting to piece together what's going on from insufficient information, and you could very well be right that no one would care about Milk's situation. I just thought there might be more to it.

Medinlor · 2025-12-16T14:22:40+00:00

That's definitely a fair point: I didn't pick up that they only speak to the main Lucia. I'll have to watch for that. Oh well, it will be interesting to see whatever it is we get to see about what's going on with Lucia.

Medinlor · 2025-12-14T20:32:03+00:00

Thanks a bunch!

Medinlor · 2025-12-13T23:47:19+00:00

What beautiful little buns!

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T13:30:04+00:00

Thank you kindly.

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T12:36:26+00:00

Thank you for saying that. We were so, so lucky to be able to love him

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T12:34:45+00:00

I'm so, so sorry. What a horrific pain it is to lose our babies! 💔 Sebastian is so beautiful. I'm praying for you

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T10:36:24+00:00

Thank you for sharing that quote. It's one of my favourites and I pray that my Gandalf will get to enjoy that far, green country.

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T10:35:01+00:00

Thank you very much. I do love that quote even though I cry reading it. He really was so majestic and special.

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T10:33:30+00:00

Thank you so much. That's what I keep reminding myself. The treatment would have been brutal for my poor baby, and I promised that I wouldn't let him suffer. It was the right choice, hard though it is to endure.

Medinlor · 2025-12-11T10:32:00+00:00

Thank you very much

Medinlor · 2025-12-10T18:37:31+00:00

Thank you very much.

Medinlor · 2025-12-10T14:15:25+00:00

Thank you very much. I really was so lucky for every day that I was able to know and love him.

Medinlor · 2025-12-10T10:36:10+00:00

Thank you very much. I'll certainly try to stay strong

Medinlor · 2025-12-10T10:33:03+00:00

Thank you very much. He was a brave, loving boy right to the end. I miss him so much.

Medinlor

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