"Forgive us, but these are not appropriate questions to be asking Hell Gate staffers. Not because the premise is wrong-indeed, our end-of-year predictions are consistently proven out with an accuracy rate of 100.00 percent. It's an inappropriate question because how do you thinkit fucking feels to see the future written plainly before us, like a tracing overlaid upon the world of the present day?"
"How does it feel to look at a man and know the day and manner of his death? How does it feel to gaze upon the city's majestic skyline and see its inevitable crumbling, to walk through a universe where others find endless wonder and feel only the great entropic churn toward heat death? It feels bad. Knowing what's going to happen is a curse. We are cursed. People are not meant to bear the burden of knowledge that we carry."
Hell Gate staff claim end-of-year predictions achieve a 100.00 percent accuracy rate. Staff describe the ability to perceive future events as a painful curse rather than a gift. They experience detailed visions, including knowing individuals' deaths and the city's eventual collapse, and feel the constant presence of entropic decline toward heat death. The emotional toll of inevitable knowledge produces anguish and alienation. Despite the burden, the staff use foresight practically to publish prediction blogs and present certain forecasts for 2026. The staff solicit reader emails to access the full set of predictions and newsletters.
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