A Better Paradise

Mark Tyburn's daughter, Daisy, mourns her lost childhood and the ongoing, unspoken war between humans and machines - a war in which she unwittingly helped serve as catalyst...

We meet several members of the design and programming team behind Daisy's Ark - and learn of the fate that befell them; NigelDave speaks on what it means to exist and remembers his very first thoughts...

Tensions rise in the engineering department as two new top-tier engineers clash; Yaroslav Lukina describes his first time experiencing the unearthed Daisy's Ark build; and an estranged member of the Tyburn family reemerges...

The engineering team show off their 12-year-old digital avatar. A creation based on Daisy Tyburn; John Tyburn-Smith laments joining the family business; Kurt Fischer is losing his grasp on discerning humans from Artificial Intelligence...

New, disruptive hires at the company help reignite Mark Tyburn's drive; Nigeldave finds humans so easy to ensnare, and warns of new threats afoot; Yaroslav is given strange instructions from a new prison guard...

The project faces serious new legal opposition while in full-scale development in Montana; Kurt and Daisy form a bond, and are being unknowingly pursued by NigelDave...

NigelDave reckons with the history of his own creation - an accident that they tried to kill off; John Tyburn-Smith believes he's not the only one tracking Daisy, as she considers a proposal to flee to Portland...

Kurt remembers the build becoming mush stronger than anyone could have imagined; Tensions rise at Tyburn Utopias as Mark becomes increasingly unhinged, surrounded by his new yes men; The team is unnerved as animator Bryce seems to be getting a bit too engaged with the game world...

Kurt grows concerned over a sudden persistently recurring thought; Daisy takes on a new incognito persona in Portland; and Yaroslav is given dire orders...

Daisy tells of the raid on Tyburn Utopias that entailed its final hours; Unseen forces arrange a very strange reunion in Portland.