: The narrative explores how society uses religious or sci-fi constructs (the Conductor and Celestials) to cope with mental illness or a collapsing reality.
: To function in this memory-less world, the protagonist, Ori, relies on a Rosary which acts as an external memory bank to provide instructions and identity.
: The essay suggests that memories are tools for exploitation and sources of pain (nostalgia).
In the game, this essay is found in a stack of papers that appears after a specific sequence involving burning an abstract being that holds Remiel. It serves as a philosophical core for the game's bleak setting:
: It posits a radical future where freedom is achieved through the total loss of memory. Remiel writes: