Yes. I get very ill without them. I've never got to the point of death, but I expect something like it could occur. Not so much my body as my... consciousness. Feed that which feeds you. Or you'll be consumed. I'm the Archivist. Jonathan Sims died in a building collapse several months before I came here. I'm still Jonathan Sims, I think? But I'm wearing him. The Archivist has been others. I've been others? But I feel like me now. Ever since the collapse I feel like I'm finally me again. The Archivist, an avatar for the Ceaseless Watcher. A godlike creature beyond this plane of existence that thrives on knowing too much, seeing too much and into the heart of a person. It consumes me and it sees through me and it is hungry for all that is here that it has not yet touched.
[There's a break as Jon pulls himself back to himself.]
Sorry. What's relevant is that before all that happened I could just take written Statements. They don't affect people in the same way. I don't Watch them after. Since then there have been... different sorts of impulses. I'm afraid you were the victim of such a thing, Ms. Ives. I wasn't able to read for a time due to a curse, which prevented me feeding in my more typical way. You just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Yes.
I get very ill without them.
I've never got to the point of death, but I expect something like it could occur.
Not so much my body as my... consciousness.
Feed that which feeds you.
Or you'll be consumed.
I'm the Archivist.
Jonathan Sims died in a building collapse several months before I came here.
I'm still Jonathan Sims, I think?
But I'm wearing him.
The Archivist has been others.
I've been others?
But I feel like me now.
Ever since the collapse I feel like I'm finally me again.
The Archivist, an avatar for the Ceaseless Watcher.
A godlike creature beyond this plane of existence that thrives on knowing too much, seeing too much and into the heart of a person.
It consumes me and it sees through me and it is hungry for all that is here that it has not yet touched.
[There's a break as Jon pulls himself back to himself.]
Sorry.
What's relevant is that before all that happened I could just take written Statements.
They don't affect people in the same way.
I don't Watch them after.
Since then there have been... different sorts of impulses.
I'm afraid you were the victim of such a thing, Ms. Ives.
I wasn't able to read for a time due to a curse, which prevented me feeding in my more typical way.
You just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.