#Things to consider
- Humanity had to struggle to adjust to this kind of warfare, in which they were completely transparent to the enemy.
- When humanity finally learned that the universe was a dark forest in which everyone hunted everyone else, the child who had once cried out for contact by the bright campfire put out the fire and shivered in the darkness. Even a spark terrified him.
- The false alarm was the result of the explosive amplifying effects of a hyper-information society when fed sensitive news.
- The real power was wielded by time.
- He felt himself becoming a creature of the earth and the forest and realized that very few things were truly necessary for life.