Well, we're already about an eighth of the way there.

[a week isn't an eighth of a year? wow, weird. time sure flies by.]

... From what I understand, this world can be thought of as a... semi-sentient entity. It doesn't exactly think the way a "person" would, but it has a certain path it's trying to guide people towards. It'll try to forcibly change what it can for that purpose, but as I said, it can't completely break what makes sense for its setting and the people in it. Otherwise, it would've immediately assimilated all of you from the start, rather than allow you to question things.