It definitely seems to be, right?

[ pauses to take a sip of his coffee. ]

It's kind of weird, the whole setup almost feels more like it's meant for an audience who's familiar with all these incidents.

I agree. It feels like entertainment for someone. It's almost worse if it's only for a few people. [ she doesn't totally mean that. ]

And... If the hosts we can talk to have been through similar things, maybe the auditors have too.

Maybe. I figure there has to be a reason they're even aware that all these things happened at all. Which, like, across multiple universes... that's not exactly a small feat.

[ well. it could be, if he assumed everyone else here was fictional too, and that someone was just writing them all into a crossover of some kind. he's not necessarily ruling that out, but he's also not going to offer it as a suggestion. ]

[ totty pierces the veil and perceives the players... the real auditors is us... ]

Sometimes power just—it doesn't fall into your lap, exactly, but the situation that grants it does, so... I don't know, it's hard to think about it too much before we learn more.