Editing Gold Morning (section)

== Prelude ==
Trapped in [[Gray Boy]]'s time loop, Jack Slash talks to Scion, persuading him to revert to violence instead of helping people.<ref name="Jack"> What I don’t understand, is why a blank slate like you would default to doing good deeds, rescuing cats from trees.  Why not turn to that violence, as our ancestors did?  It drove them, just like it drives the basest and most monstrous of our kind. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/interlude-26/ Jack's words Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26]]</ref>

Experimenting, Scion obliterates Great Britain on Earth Bet and discovers that the act makes him feel satisfied. <ref name="Scion"> The simulated human mind within the entity felt a glimmer of something at that.  Pleasure?  Relief?  Satisfaction? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/interlude-26/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 26]]</ref>

With a new sense of purpose, Scion continues his rampage and moves on to Eastern Seaboard of the United States and Canada, killing tens of millions in a strafing run.<ref name="27.2">“United Kingdom, first target struck.  Obliteration,” the Doctor said.  “Eastern coast of Canada and the United States, damaged, but casualties were a third of what they were in the initial strike.” -
 [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/extinction-27-2/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.2]]</ref>