'The wise keep silent as to who, what and where they are'

you get a bonus peacock for being a good girl and hauling your derrière to the tree-covered outskirts of your city. but if its sages you are looking for, you're several generations too late and looking in the wrong place. likelier you'll find them in the forests online. it's quieter here now, more private, easier to keep face-value in perspective. seekers find. only if they step off the highway though. only if they refuse fixes of cyberheroin. only if they sift well. the players are all here. the playground is changing beyond recognition.