Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.

Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.

But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip.

There is a fascination with fear. It grabs our attention.