[da-bacon]

I'm reminded of what Neal himself said when asked about building the primer: "Kids need to get answers from humans who love them"

https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/vdt11/i_am_neal_st...

[chrchr]

Yes! There's a whole lot of "Don't Invent the Torment Nexus" in this article. The book makes it clear that the Primer doesn't work very well for most of its users, but worked for Nell because a voice actor cared for her.