The Integral
In some ways, the Integral is the perfect embodiment of the State: mechanical and made of glass, constructed through the twin disciplines of mathematics and engineering. Its purpose is to spread th...
The Piano
In Record Four, I-330 comes out and plays a Royal Grand piano. The State intends it to be an example of how wild and uncouth the ancients were:They were able to compose only by bringing themselves...
The Ancient House
The Ancient House is the only non-glass building in the entire city. It's a sort of museum, containing trinkets and artifacts from the world before the One State. It's also the only building in the...
The Square Root of Negative One
The square root of negative one is an irrational number: an equation that has no answer:This irrational root grew into me as something strange, foreign, terrible; it tortured me; it could not be th...