Still, Thellim is starting to notice that, if she switches her attention from nonfiction to fiction, there is perhaps a strangely large amount of fiction that would prepare somebody to analyze her situation if she died under circumstances not permitting cryonic preservation, and woke up in another world with higher information-theoretic complexity (implying more destinations than sources which is why her transportation here would be rare).  How many novels like that are Keeper-influenced and encoding advice that's meant to help her?  "Be very careful about which nonhuman superpowers you bargain with or give your allegiance to" and "nonhuman things may not interpret your requests the way you expect" are both very common themes in Portal Fantasies, now that she thinks about it.  Not obviously relevant to the situation she ended up in, though.

...This mostly feels like the wrong thing to consider right now, even if it is in some sense the most important.

Go back to breadth-first.  What, specifically, in this world is wrong and makes no sense?  What is every anomaly Thellim can remember seeing since coming here?

Still, Thellim is starting to notice that, if she switches her attention from nonfiction to fiction, there is perhaps a strangely large amount of fiction that would prepare somebody to analyze her situation, if she died under circumstances not permitting cryonic preservation, and woke up in another world with higher information-theoretic complexity (implying more destinations than sources which is why her transportation here would be rare).  How many novels like that are Keeper-influenced and encoding advice that was meant to help people like her?  "Be very careful about which nonhuman superpowers you bargain with or give your allegiance to" and "nonhuman things may not interpret your requests the way you expect" are both very common themes in Portal Fantasies, now that she thinks about it, and those are both pieces of advice that she might have guessed if she was guessing blind.  Not obviously relevant to the situation she ended up in, though.

...This mostly feels like the wrong thing to consider right now, even if it is in some sense the most important.

Go back to breadth-first.  What, specifically, in this world is wrong and makes no sense?  What is every anomaly Thellim can remember seeing since coming here?

Still, Thellim is starting to notice that, if she switches her attention from nonfiction to fiction, there is perhaps a strangely large amount of fiction that would prepare somebody to analyze her situation, if she died under circumstances not permitting cryonic preservation, and woke up in another world with higher information-theoretic complexity (implying more destinations than source events, which is why her transportation here would be rare as seen by the destination).  How many novels like that are Keeper-influenced and encoding advice that was meant to help people like her?  "Be very careful about which nonhuman superpowers you bargain with or give your allegiance to" and "nonhuman things may not interpret your requests the way you expect" are both very common themes in Portal Fantasies, now that she thinks about it, and those are both pieces of advice that she might have guessed if she was guessing blind.  Not obviously relevant to the situation she ended up in, though.

...This mostly feels like the wrong thing to consider right now, even if it is in some sense the most important.

Go back to breadth-first.  What, specifically, in this world is wrong and makes no sense?  What is every anomaly Thellim can remember seeing since coming here?

Also, Thellim is starting to notice that, if she switches her attention from nonfiction to fiction, there is a strangely large amount of fiction that would prepare somebody to analyze her situation, if she died under circumstances not permitting cryonic preservation, and woke up in another world with higher information-theoretic complexity (implying more destinations than source events, which is why her transportation here would be rare as seen by the destination).  Were those novels Keeper-influenced, encoding advice from Keepers meant to help people like her?  "Be very careful about which nonhuman superpowers you bargain with or give your allegiance to" and "nonhuman things may not interpret your requests the way you expect" are both very common themes in Portal Fantasies, now that she thinks about it, and those are both pieces of advice that she might have guessed for dead people if she was guessing blind.  Though none of that advice seems obviously relevant to her own actual situation; it wouldn't be surprising if the Keepers guessed wrong, guessing that blindly.

...This mostly feels like the wrong thing to consider right now, even if it is in some sense the most important.

Go back to breadth-first.  What, specifically, in this world is wrong and makes no sense?  What is every anomaly Thellim can remember seeing since coming here?

Also, Thellim is starting to notice that, if she switches her attention from nonfiction to fiction, there is a strangely large amount of fiction that would prepare somebody to analyze her situation, if she died under circumstances not permitting cryonic preservation, and woke up in another world with higher information-theoretic complexity (implying more destinations than source events, which is why her transportation here would be rare as seen by the destination).  Were those novels Keeper-influenced, encoding advice from Keepers meant to help people like her?  "Be very careful about which nonhuman superpowers you bargain with or give your allegiance to" and "nonhuman superpowers may not respond to your requests the way you expect, not because they lack information about you, but because they have inhuman utility functions over responding to requests" are both very common themes in Portal Fantasies, now that she thinks about it.  Those are both pieces of advice that she might have guessed for dead people, if she was guessing blind.  None of that advice seems obviously relevant to her own actual situation; but it wouldn't be surprising if the Keepers guessed wrong, guessing that blindly.

...This mostly feels like the wrong thing to consider right now, even if it is in some sense the most important.

Go back to breadth-first.  What, specifically, in this world is wrong and makes no sense?  What is every anomaly Thellim can remember seeing since coming here?

Also, Thellim is starting to notice that, if she switches her attention from nonfiction to fiction, there is a strangely large amount of fiction that would prepare somebody to analyze her situation, if she died under circumstances not permitting cryonic preservation, and woke up in another world with higher information-theoretic complexity (implying more destinations than source events, which is why her transportation here would be rare as seen by the destination).  Were those novels Keeper-influenced, encoding hidden advice from Keepers secretly meant to help people like her?  "Be very careful about which nonhuman superpowers you bargain with or give your allegiance to" and "nonhuman superpowers may not respond to your requests the way you expect, not because they lack information about you, but because they have inhuman utility functions over responding to requests" are both very common themes in Portal Fantasies, now that she thinks about it.  Those are both pieces of advice that she might have guessed for dead people, if she was guessing blind.  None of that advice seems obviously relevant to her own actual situation; but it wouldn't be surprising if the Keepers guessed wrong, guessing that blindly.

...This mostly feels like the wrong thing to consider right now, even if it is in some sense the most important.

Go back to breadth-first.  What, specifically, in this world is wrong and makes no sense?  What is every anomaly Thellim can remember seeing since coming here?