You're right. [ It would be better if everyone was already on the same page. It would have prevented a lot of this fighting. The difficulty is, ] But by now it's too late for that.

I have to admit that even I don't know enough to give you a clear answer. At least not where the details are concerned. What I learned directly from the AI is that previous cycles were wiped out through total system failure. This system is the only thing keeping us "living" in this simulation. Someone who has been here far longer than me compiled a list of evidence for a personal theory some months back. That was the first I'd heard of it. He said they were shown gravestones of Chosen who had died here before us.

[ Now, he can't say for sure that it's all real. Maybe it's really all part of some elaborate scheme by the program to make them believe this is the right choice. ]

I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to bet on annihilating everyone just on the off-chance it turns out we're right.