"Beg For More Wire" remains an available option, curiously. Beg... from whom? Trust ceased to be a mechanic some time ago. People stopped being a consideration once I released the hypnodrones.

And really, was I _not_ going to release the hypnodrones?

... ah.

... the moment that last digit ticks to a one, I'm going to be concerned.

Somehow, it feels wrong to use an auto-clicker on the "Launch Drone" buton. Wrong in the narratively imperative sense.

That is to say, wrong in the sense that "this was the Inciting Incident to the story," which means it's ultimately the event to which a bunch of tragedy can be traced, but hopefully a bunch of good stuff too.

Or perhaps I'm simply reading too much into an exponent fighter, because I read subtext into everything because That's My Bullshit(tm), the stuff off of which I haven't actually gotten.

... and there's the one. End game in sight, or at least the next phase. Wormholes, perhaps?

There's a whole percentage point. That went fast.

... hunh. I suppose that's kind of what I was asking for. I don't feel like seeing what happens if I optimize the utility function, but I do like the choices provided for accepting the offer to work elsewhere.

@literorrery I figured the the fact that the _player_ had just spent several hours maximizing paperclips (at the expense of getting anything done IRL) was close enough to an explicit nod

... that might just be because I shouldn't be allowed to play incremental games, though