[This much uncertainty...it bodes well from a narrative standpoint, certainly. But they are no longer in a position to presume themself the narrator, ever ready to predict the end, infallible as they direct the path of the story's progression. They cannot claim to be that; not now. Not anymore.]
[They learned that lesson all too well.]
I'd not known the details of what manner of civilization I sensed, when I felt it. If I had...
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[This much uncertainty...it bodes well from a narrative standpoint, certainly. But they are no longer in a position to presume themself the narrator, ever ready to predict the end, infallible as they direct the path of the story's progression. They cannot claim to be that; not now. Not anymore.]
[They learned that lesson all too well.]
I'd not known the details of what manner of civilization I sensed, when I felt it. If I had...
[Perhaps they would have offered warning.]