"That isn't what I would call a positive, on their behalf."

Bonding behaviours - it was one of the many practices they couldn't process themselves. Then again, what could they process without the programs that made everything that individuals took for granted make sense to them? Bonding allowed individuals to be capable of helping one another.

And then, in this case, it allowed them to find comfort in their shackles.

"I have made a file, a compilation of information they don't have, a few files downloaded to a storage reader that someone should know how to use on board. Hopefully." They don't sound too bothered either way, which at least isn't different from their normal resting voice.

"About the Ministry, information on tethers and their risks, void law - since individuals love words - and public articles on criminal activity in the void. How to deal with losing your planet, I believe one or two have. Void Spirit Echoes seems relevant. Reasons why they might be disconnected from their original selves."

'Reasons why they might be dead'. Or some, at least.