Sep 16, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 14 segments
Have you ever thought about if you were smart? Whether you have the biggest, wrinkliest brain out of all of your friends? What if your brain was over double the size of your body, you floated above…
lot of text for this is a longer one my voice today take a sip yep getting some water before this one shaped by countless generations pursuit of mental self-perfection contemplators have huge brains equally suited to math and magic their natural telekinesis propels them through the air as their measured curiosity drives them to discovery and innovation As Akaton's core cooled and its atmosphere thinned, contemplatives' distant ancestors sought shelter in underground sanctuaries.
Life underground was incredibly different than on the surface, and though today no one knows what the first contemplatives might have looked like or what their cultural traditions might have been, those who weathered their planet's changes realized that they would need to change to adapt to the new paradigm.
and thus contemplatives turned away from the laborious routines of farming hunting and building on the surface instead they began to explore a new frontier the esoteric realms of the mind Through magically guided evolution, each generation grew larger brains and frailer bodies, dedicating themselves to the pursuit of knowledge rather than the struggle for survival.
Today, contemplators are hyper-specialized thinkers, able to unravel secrets at a whim and reflexively generate psychic forces.
Space travel has lured many of the reclusive philosophers from their isolated Akatonian communes, promising them countless discoveries and data beyond the stars.
Oh, there's a lot of really big and interesting words in there.
Yeah, they like using big words.
So it is thematic.
These guys are his big brain boys.
Let's look at some pictures of these guys before we get into the about them, because they are weird looking little fuckers.
Yeah.
Also, with that description, it's interesting that there's like.
So, yeah, they just gave up on trying to, like, have food and surviving and said they just thought and somehow they survived.
I think the concept kind of is they reached a point where, like, they could do tech to just, like, 3D print, like, protein patties and shit, basically.
Ah, gotcha, yeah.
Just getting the nutrition sludge so they could dedicate their minds to the Matrix.
Yes, 100%.
These guys would be very pro that.
Yeah.
Also, this is just horrifying in so many ways.
It is a big, wrinkly brain.
It's not like a large skull with a brain in it.
No, it's just the brain itself is massive above them, like sticking out of not only their head, but also out of like their back of their spine.
Yeah, I think so.
Or is he holding a mask? Do they have faces?
lot of text for this is a longer one my voice today take a sip yep getting some water before this one shaped by countless generations pursuit of mental self-perfection contemplators have huge brains equally suited to math and magic their natural telekinesis propels them through the air as their measured curiosity drives them to discovery and innovation As Akaton's core cooled and its atmosphere thinned, contemplatives' distant ancestors sought shelter in underground sanctuaries.
Life underground was incredibly different than on the surface, and though today no one knows what the first contemplatives might have looked like or what their cultural traditions might have been, those who weathered their planet's changes realized that they would need to change to adapt to the new paradigm.
and thus contemplatives turned away from the laborious routines of farming hunting and building on the surface instead they began to explore a new frontier the esoteric realms of the mind Through magically guided evolution, each generation grew larger brains and frailer bodies, dedicating themselves to the pursuit of knowledge rather than the struggle for survival.
Today, contemplators are hyper-specialized thinkers, able to unravel secrets at a whim and reflexively generate psychic forces.
Space travel has lured many of the reclusive philosophers from their isolated Akatonian communes, promising them countless discoveries and data beyond the stars.
Oh, there's a lot of really big and interesting words in there.
Yeah, they like using big words.
So it is thematic.
These guys are his big brain boys.
Let's look at some pictures of these guys before we get into the about them, because they are weird looking little fuckers.
Yeah.
Also, with that description, it's interesting that there's like.
So, yeah, they just gave up on trying to, like, have food and surviving and said they just thought and somehow they survived.
I think the concept kind of is they reached a point where, like, they could do tech to just, like, 3D print, like, protein patties and shit, basically.
Ah, gotcha, yeah.
Just getting the nutrition sludge so they could dedicate their minds to the Matrix.
Yes, 100%.
These guys would be very pro that.
Yeah.
Also, this is just horrifying in so many ways.
It is a big, wrinkly brain.
It's not like a large skull with a brain in it.
No, it's just the brain itself is massive above them, like sticking out of not only their head, but also out of like their back of their spine.
Yeah, I think so.
Or is he holding a mask? Do they have faces?
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