Re:The Egg (By Andy Weir)
by bccdee on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:31PM
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Right—I agree that they'll be fine once they hatch & become a greater being. I was responding to this comment:
> if there's a torture that you've heard of, or any cautionary tale you've seen reported, you are going to experience it or have already -- and without learning anything at all.
which suggests that there's something horrifying about the cycles of forgetting that take place inside the egg, while the protagonist is still human.
> if there's a torture that you've heard of, or any cautionary tale you've seen reported, you are going to experience it or have already -- and without learning anything at all.
which suggests that there's something horrifying about the cycles of forgetting that take place inside the egg, while the protagonist is still human.