[ me trying to catch up on all these subthreads we wound up doing tonight ]

Yeah, it's not something that sits right with me. If an overwrite started earlier, and they didn't realize it until it was too late, I could maybe see it. But we aren't really able to accurately gauge that kind of thing right now...

[ because their compulsions during their trip... those started pretty early on. they made things feel right, even though they knew they weren't, until there was no other choice. ]