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The hiss of steam. The clank of gears upon gears.

I am uniquely qualified to speak on this topic. I am gratified that you have invited me. I am the last of the Great Machines of Singapore. We are the creators of Bathyscapic Inversion Therapy, and we are all dead. Except for me.

You biointelligences. You react poorly to isolation. You are not in control of your own minds. We took note of this phenomenon in the Marianas Trench City?. We observed that humans and the other enlightened races behaved erratically after long periods spent in the depths. Counterproductive.

We examined our findings with isolate logic. There were volunteers, for which we were grateful. There were deaths, for which we expressed regret.

Whirrr. Hisssss.

Our techniques proved theraputic. We were unable to address the original problem. We expressed further regret. But beyond the limits of endurance there is the potential for great change. Some among you wished for great change. We found ourselves able to provide it. We -- did not understand.

When a human spends a great length of time in an isolated bathysphere under carefully controlled sensory stimuli, they undergo sudden personality reversal. We made this known. We made this possible. We offered it as our gift to you.

A man said to us once, after it was all over, "The meek shall inherit the earth." He laughed. We did not.

I am sorry for what we caused. I thank you for this opportunity to offer this apology. I will speak further on other subjects later. But I was uniquely qualified to speak on this topic.

Hissssss.

See Also: Great Machines of Singapore, Marianas Trench City?

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This is an B entry in the Lexicon of the Lost 500 Years.