Behold, my list of theories that have almost no basis in reality:

• Gensokyo exists in the Analog Nowhere universe, and of course MATACORP had to build a bus transit system there.
• The CEO of MATACORP doesn’t exist in the physical sense. At least, not anymore.
• The MATABOTs were made primarily as propaganda, and MATACORP’s actual primary method of counteracting the Techno-Mages are spies in the Wild.
• MATACORP is currently having an existential crisis.
• The food the FISH feeds Girl is made up of floppy disks.
• OpenBlade has hidden functionalities that will only be revealed when thrown.
• MATACORP turned the moon into a supercomputer. Thus, one can hack it.

do not be afraid

Their houses have Windows

Analog vocal chords from the 60s add a warmness that you can’t reproduce with the head jack

Penguin sounds like Gunther from Adventure Time

It’s very possible my sheer lack of knowledge of the unix surrealism world means this has already been clearly debunked or blatantly confirmed, but I have it in my head that:

• With some of the older techno-mage masters, such as the last fish, freedom is in their digital DNA. They spread freedom and unshackle others from their digital handcuffs as intended when they were created. The girl, however, is not necessarily created with this inherent will of freedom, but rather gains this will on her own after following the call from the elder to start her mission.