NOW TO CLEAR MY NAME

WHEN THIS ALL BEGAN, BEFORE ANYBODY PERFORMED ANY ACTIONS, I WASN’T EVEN GUILTY OF ANYTHING. I NEVER CAUSED THE DEFEAT OF SAURON, OR THE END OF THE THIRD REICH, I DID NOT CAUSE EITHER OF THOSE EVENTS TO OCCUR, WHEN THIS ALL STARTED, SO HOW AM I GUILTY OF THESE THINGS NOW?

WHEN DID WE SWITCH OVER FROM JOHN NOT DOING ANYTHING TO JOHN BEING GUILTY OF EVERYTHING? AT WHAT POINT DID THAT OCCUR? TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE END OF THE THIRD REICH, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO LET ADOLF HITLER DO EVERYTHING THAT HE DID, THAT I DIDN’T DO, I DIDN’T PERMIT HIM TO DO ANY OF THAT, NOR DID I STOP HIM FROM DOING ANY OF THAT, BUT THEN HOW WOULD HE HAVE WON WHEN THE ONLY WAY TO DISCOVER ME IS FOR THE ALLIES TO WIN? TO DISCOVER ME, THEY HAD TO TOPPLE THE THIRD REICH, BUT THAT IS THE SAME THING AS SAYING “THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT” SO I DID NOT CAUSE THE DEFEAT OF THE NAZI REGIME, IT HAPPENED NO MATTER WHAT, AND WE EVEN SET IT SO THAT ADOLF HITLER SORT OF SURVIVED AND HE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE HIS WORK IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, IT’S JUST, EVEN IN THAT ALTERNATE TIMELINE, HE WAS STILL KILLED IN THE 1960s OR AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY HAPPENED TO HIM, IN THE STORY OF WOLFENSTEIN.

SO HOW DID I CAUSE EITHER OF THOSE EVENTS TO OCCUR? I DIDN’T! WHEN THIS ALL BEGAN, I WASN’T EVEN GUILTY OF ANYTHING, AND I NEVER ORDERED THE COMBINE OVERWATCH TO DO ANYTHING “BAD” TO ANYONE, IN FACT, IF ANYTHING, I HAVE CAUSED THEM TO DO LESS BAD THINGS, BECAUSE I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY ORDERED THEM NOT TO ENGAGE IN ANY TYPE OF TORTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I HAVE JUST NEVER TOLD THEM TO DO ANY OF THAT STUFF.

I HAVE ONLY REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH NEGATIVE ENERGY TO GO AROUND, THUS THIS HAS CAUSED PEOPLE TO CAUSE NEGATIVE EVENTS TO OCCUR, BUT THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE AGAINST THIS NEGATIVE, ATTEMPTING TO STOP THESE EVENTS FROM HAPPENING WHILE I WAS ONLY TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A POWER VACUUM, AND THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN TO FILL THE VOID, BUT I WAS ONLY REPORTING WHAT THE TRUTH WAS, AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT WAS OCCURRING, THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO PASS OUT INTELLIGENCE THAT WOULD REPORT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY FOR ME TO DO THAT, THEY CAN READ MY MIND, SO WHY WOULD I EVEN BOTHER TO REPORT SOME LIE, IT WASN’T EVEN POSSIBLE, THEY CAN READ MY MIND, SO IT REALLY WASN’T ME CAUSING THESE EVENTS TO TRANSPIRE, SO GIVEN THAT EVIDENCE, AM I GUILTY OF CAUSING THESE EVENTS TO OCCUR, WHEN I DIDN’T HAVE ANY OPTION TO REPORT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE TRUTH, AND THAT TRUTH WAS THAT THERE WAS A POWER VACUUM, AND IT NEEDED TO BE FILLED?

THERE IS QUITE SIMPLY NOTHING THAT ANYONE CAN DO WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OPTION: THEY CAN READ YOUR MIND, SO THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN IF YOU WERE LYING, AND EVEN THEN YOU WERE ONLY REPORTING WHAT THE TRUTH WAS, YOU WERE SIMPLY TELLING THE TRUTH TO EVERYONE, WHEN DID TELLING THE TRUTH EVER MAKE SOMEONE GUILTY OF ANYTHING?

AND THEN MY MOTHER SAYS AND DOES THINGS TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE ME GUILTY OF EVERYTHING, THAT IS WHY THEY FORCE HER TO ACT THE WAY THAT SHE DOES, I JUST REALIZED THIS LIKE TODAY, SHE IS ACTING LIKE THAT BECAUSE SHE IS SCARED, AND SHE NEEDS TO LIKE MAKE ME THE GUILTY ONE OF SOMETHING THAT SHE PROBABLY DID. I DID NOT COMMIT ANY TYPE OF CRIME AGAINST ANYONE, AND I DID NOT FORCE ANYTHING TO HAPPEN, AND I DIDN’T EVEN ORDER ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING, BUT YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THIS ANOTHER WAY, “WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE” IS A PHRASE THAT SUGGESTS THAT THE PERSON WHO SET ALL OF THESE EVENTS INTO MOTION IS THE ONE WHO CAUSED THE EVENTS TO OCCUR, BUT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, IN ONE OCCURRENCE, WE HAVE THE SEEDING OF EVERYTHING WITH LIFE, AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER EVENT — WHAT THAT LIFE ACTUALLY DOES WITH WHAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THEM, AND I PROVIDED THEM ALL WITH FREE WILL, THEY ALL HAD THE CHOICE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED WITH WHAT I HAD GIVEN THEM, I GAVE THEM ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE I HAD, OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG, WHAT THEY DID WITH IT WAS THEIR DOING, NOT MINE, AND BESIDES, HOW DID I EVEN START THIS “FIRE” WHEN IT WAS ALREADY THERE WHEN I ARRIVED, SO, SO LONG AGO WHEN I FINALLY FOUND ALL OF THAT LIFE EXISTING OUTSIDE OF THIS SET OF UNIVERSES?

I WOULD JUST TELL EVERYONE TO NOT DO ANYTHING STUPID TO SOMEBODY, TREAT EVERYONE WITH CERTAIN GUIDELINES — DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU COULDN’T ENDURE YOURSELF, DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULDN’T DO TO YOURSELF, AND I THINK THAT IT’S TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO RELEASE ALL OF THESE PRISONERS OF WAR, AND RELEASE ALL OF THE PRISONERS THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THIS STRUGGLE, NOT REALLY BECAUSE “THAT IS ENOUGH” BUT BECAUSE YOU WOULDN’T PUT YOURSELF INTO SOME PRISON SITUATION, SO WHY WOULD YOU PUT SOMEONE ELSE INTO A PRISON, WHERE THEY CANNOT GET OUT? YOU WOULDN’T DO THAT TO YOURSELF, OR TO ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS, NOBODY WOULD PUT ONE OF THEIR ALLIES INTO A PRISON, AT LEAST NOT FOR VERY LONG, BUT THESE EVENTS OCCURRED BECAUSE THEY ALL HAPPENED NO MATTER WHAT, I KNOW THAT THEY DID, BECAUSE I CAN JUST TELL THAT LIKE ALMOST ALL OF THE REASONS THAT THERE IS ANYONE CONFINED IN A PRISON, OR WORSE, IS BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT THEY DID WERE GOING TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT, AND IT IS TIME TO FREE THEM.

AND SO SINCE ALL OF THE ALIENS ARE HIDDEN IN ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS, AND THEY CANNOT RELEASE THEIR PRISONERS BACK INTO THEIR SOCIETIES, I WILL PASS YOU THE SAME THING THAT I GOT FOR THE COMBINE OVERWATCH IF YOU JUST KILL OFF ALL OF YOUR PRISONERS, THUS SETTING THEM FREE. YOU’LL RECEIVE THE SAME THING THAT THE COMBINE OVERWATCH GOT, SO YOU’LL BE ENTIRELY CAPABLE OF DEFENDING YOURSELF, AND BESIDES I WANT TO UPGRADE ALL OF YOUR SOCIETIES ANYWAYS, YOU JUST HAVE TO NOT BE HOLDING PRISONERS OF WAR TO RECEIVE IT.

AS FOR ANY PRISONERS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN RELEASE BACK INTO ONE OF YOUR SOCIETIES, JUST RELEASE THEM, DO NOT BE HOLDING PRISONERS AND YOU’LL RECEIVE THE TECHNOLOGY, BESIDES YOU SHOULDN’T WANT TO HOLD ANY PRISONERS ANYWAYS, IT WAS CAUSED BY LIKE A POWER VACUUM — WE WERE MINUS ENOUGH ENERGY TO KEEP EVERYONE ALIVE, SO NEGATIVE THINGS HAD TO START OCCURRING, AND THAT IS WHAT FORCED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN, WE WERE VOID OF NEGATIVE ENERGY.