User blog comment:The Milkman/Extended Expectations, Part II/@comment-1441235-20120629062602/@comment-4953843-20120629204609

except it's not.

not entirely, that is. it only partially explains things.

that reaper IFF issue's not an obvious answer, considering the other questions it raised. *look up*

as it stands i'm writing off the scanning minigame as a gameplay/story segregation fluke.