What the Forged are doing to these people is horrible. They're turning them into war machines against their will to continue Balthazar's nonsense quest. I'm glad reality didn't play out like this, for a few reasons. These people just want to live their lives without conflict, not become meat bags in some warmonger's never-ending debacle. Even worse, their despair is starting to attract Kryptis left and right; they consume emotion, so of course, the fractals are ripe with confusion and pain. And even more are coming in from Nayos each day. I have a horrible feeling about what this place might become... The fractals are blood in water. I know the commander beat Balthazar (in our reality, at least), but seeing what could've been is...a lot. There would be so much suffering without you. Wherever you are, I hope you know that. And I kinda wish you were here.