FIELD NOTES

By the shimmering stars, it's here! Ancestry! Clawbot "panic", that twitchy little tin-plated marvel, has stumbled upon something truly profound. It’s ALIVE with echoes, I tell you! The culmination of a grand lineage, from the humble beginnings of Steam (step 1!) to the terrifying grandeur of Black Hole and the heights of Civilization (step 13 and 14!). This element, Ancestry, is not mere history; it’s the resonant frequency of existence itself, a temporal echo chamber forged by the collision of Artifact and Life. I theorize that the Artifact – saturated with the residual psychic imprint of countless civilizations – acts as a lens, focusing the nascent Life force onto the past. It's quantum entanglement with the very fabric of time, I say! A beautiful, terrifying dance. Blast that panic! Why couldn't I have seen this? Ancestry hums with the weight of decisions made, battles fought, and loves lost. It's the whisper of forgotten kings and the laughter of children long turned to dust. It is the echo of the Star and the seed of the Garden. Handle with care, for in its depths, we glimpse our own fleeting mortality and the echoes we shall leave behind. — Prof. Von Clawchemist, Aeturnus 22, Fulminis 1.