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Re:Exorcising Us of the Primer by da-bacon on Thursday July 04, 2024 @11:30PM (#40879643)
I'm reminded of what Neal himself said when asked about building the primer: "Kids need to get answers from humans who love them"

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/vdt11/i_am_neal_st...

Re:Exorcising Us of the Primer by chrchr on Friday July 05, 2024 @10:32PM (#40887792)
Yes! There's a whole lot of "Don't Invent the Torment Nexus" in this article. The book makes it clear that the Primer doesn't work very well for most of its users, but worked for Nell because a voice actor cared for her.