A world is only strange if you're not born into it; nor is it familiar unless you are.

You grow up, learn the lessons of your world at all the appropriate times. Then one day it's an itch in your mind, or maybe the itch was there all along, but you notice it. Your attention is called to it, and curiosity is aroused . . . that is, if it's not already been extinguished within you. What's the truth of our existence? What really is happening in the world? How does it really work beyond the narrow confines of your daily life? We may choose to accept the presentation of reality, or search, perhaps with some sacrifice, for some deeper truth. And that may be the extent of our free will . . .

So what do you need to know? Only what you know so far:

Ministry records indicate you were born in 786, B-block; your fosteragent report is double plus beta, 67th percentile, fully functional consumer, conventional spirituality, mid-to-high pleasureprobability quotient. Econometric: 1000.