Compared with Cecil's existing network Technical Personnel, The Sleeper's greatest advantage was probably their familiarity with the process of linking minds and handling all kinds of accidents—in the many years past, they had exposed their brains directly to a massive computing network in the most dangerous way possible. The lack of safety mechanisms and the inherent flaws of "human-network connections" had forced The Sleeper to constantly face dangerous situations, including but not limited to neural overload, mental damage, memory cross-streaming, and all manner of soul-related problems.
To them, all of this was routine.
That was precisely why the "Immersion Pods" created by the Cecilians, equipped with a whole host of safety devices and a physical layer of protection, seemed as safe to The Sleeper as fortresses forged from steel—the kind that could protect both body and mind. Lying inside one gave them a sense of complete relaxation. They did not need to expend energy maintaining the network connection themselves, nor did they need to worry about mental noise blasting directly into their heads. Many bishops claimed they could lie in one for the rest of their lives.
At first, Magnan had been very surprised by the safety standards of those Immersion Pods. He could see how much additional development cost the Cecilians had poured into those safety measures, but he soon understood the key difference—the Mind Network of The Sleeper had originally been made for Supernatural Beings. With only a handful of exceptions, everyone connected to it possessed formidable Mental Power. If something went wrong, they could simply endure it themselves. If they truly could not withstand it, they could always be given a grand burial afterward—after all, they were running a Dark Cult. Losing one or two people now and then was practically part of the tradition.
But Cecil