Exactly, the fact that they continue to ask nothing of us but existing, there is no clear reason we are worth anything to them. It must be something we are not privvy too. Maybe we are making the Singularity stronger by our connection to it. The other thing is they did try to get someone's connection to the Singularity to put on their own people, toward the start. Maybe they're hoping through us they can get closer to it.
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