[quote=@Stabby]
Can someone clarify the "connecting to the gears of existence" part?

Because I wasn't expecting the system shift to happen.
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I don’t know much how it works, myself, but Tier Fours tend to have a close connection to Existence and its working as it is, so it’d probably just take a hint or nudge from a fellow Tier Four to find out how and take action.