Original Agreement

In the Age of Gears, all gifts have price tags. He who can listen to machinery will eventually lose his own voice; He who can mend the cracks finds himself standing in the middle of the biggest crack. We thought we were climbing, but in fact we were paying off a bill signed by an ancient civilization. Until the rusted pipes begin to seep out a light that does not belong to this era, Until the Difference Engine revealed the deleted truth in silence—— The will called the Original Agreement slowly unfolded. It is written in the foundation of the world, engraved in every bite of the gears. And the first person to read it, Will decide this will is the elegy of civilization, Or the steep narrow gate leading to dawn.