Sometimes, people couldn't see the most obvious thing, and this was one of those times.
Yet, while Nick now knew why nobody wanted to talk to him about the truly critical things, it didn't really help him a lot.
He still wouldn't be able to talk about the truly important things with anyone.
If information could be measured, communicating or transforming information might be an actual risk.
It was possible that some kind of system would get triggered if anyone tried to share any information about the truly secret things.
Things like the purpose of the strange machine behind the green wall, or the true nature of the Sun, or how the Sun came to power.
'But then, how did all of the Shields find out?' Nick thought.
'It seems like everyone knows about this, and if nobody is allowed to talk about it, how do they share information with each other?'
