[twitter convo between Will Crooks and James Roberts @jroberts332 on 18 October 2018.
W: If Rung is literally [spoiler], why wasn’t the Sparkeater immediately attracted to him instead of Animus? Also, what did it mean by his quantum duplicate being “lost” in the engine malfunction? Thank you very much! :)
JR: He was immediately attracted to Rung (‘the brightest spark on the ship’); Animus - a bright but light snack - just got in the way. And there was no Rung 2 aboard LL2 because Rung 1 was unduplicable. ]
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