[That seems like the principle example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.]

That's amazing.

[He scrunches his face, realising that didn't come out right as a kneejerk reaction.]

Not the whole going insane part and burning all of humanity down to the ground and sitting on a throne of their skeletons. Not that part. The other stuff. The you stuff, the whole... spinning that around against the odds and knowing that path and--

[He pauses, mouth hanging open for a second before he closes it and pulls his lips in. It feels a bit like a heavy penny has dropped in his mind.]

So... it even if you deleted those files, you're still butting up against those same mechanisms that drove him to that and you know its what drove him mad. And people must still talk about the stuff he did before and are probably expecting you to do the same since they don't know any better.

That's-- That must be really hard.