Katherine Athena (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} oceantoocean) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} we_float, |
"Random chance, in part," she replied. "Although geographic location was a piece of it. Research. Speaking to people who knew you. Records. Each one of you is different. Each one of you was researched differently."
Her posture grew more relaxed. "I could tell you specifically why each of you was selected but in some cases, I feel as if sharing that information would be delicate. The reasons are as simple in some instances as trusting that a person would be curious enough to want to see if this experiment has any effect on how others perceive the wild card, as crass as thinking that throwing a large sum of money might motivate others, as righteous as believing that some of the people in this room might wish to save the victims of the storm that is coming."
"For there is a storm on the way," Katherine said quietly. "The last Wild Cards Act was passed in an era that had considerably stricter morals than we do now. Or, if not that, limited creativity."