(I thought this was shortly before the crash? Didn't Syt or Salvatore mentions something about the Assigners before his speech? Or am I just making that up...)
"And that is where you come in, Gene. What the Bearers failed to take advantage of is the assignment of knowledge. My brother (my whole family, for that matter) understands well the power associated with information. When the internet was first created, we realised it's potential for hoarding the collected knowledge. 'Bearing,' if you will. We also realised the potential for power this created. Anyone who wanted to know anything would have come to us. Governments, corporations, powerful people the world over would be beholden to us! Where my family and I disagreed is in the applicaion of knowledge. The Bearers locked it away, but then what? Does a sword in the sheath have any power? Yes, it can intimidate, pacify, that is true. But a sword to the throat can dominate, enslave, cower the strongest of foes. Gene, what they failed to understand is that knowledge is a weapon. I intend to use it."
[day 12]
ReplyDelete"Look, I don't mean to interrupt your maniacal monologue, but I've had a very confusing day. Can you just tell me why I was brought here? That cabbie Hank said it was some kind of job interview, but I'm already gainfully employed and I think I may still be under the influence of some drug given to me by a smoking hot ghost or something..."
"Excellent. All of our data on you suggested you were a man with a propensity for the direct." Giorgio smiled as he continued "What this position offers is well beyond gainful employment. Let's just say you won't ever have to worry about your car not charging in the morning."
ReplyDelete"You mean Hank and Viv are going to pick me up each day?" Gene asked.
"No the cabbie and Viv are only for special occasions. What I am offering you is the sort of position where money would be no object for you."
[day 13]
ReplyDelete"No object, you say? I assume that's to be followed with a list of creepy tasks or something..."
"Very good Gene," Giorgio was laughing. "I wouldn't exactly use the word evil, but what we do here does have a tendency to startle the weak minded. You see, this is a data consolidation factory, you may have heard of them before... Basically the problem with data is that the majority if it exists within people."
Gene squintshrugged, "So what, you conduct alot of interviews or something?"
Giorgio was laughing again. "It's not that simple Gene. Maybe it's best if I show you."