>>719083179
Nobody is hiding beyond the gates. Machine gods are as gaslighted as the main party in XIII. Machine gods and especially Bart were gaslighted by tranny God Lindzei that their God is beyond the gates (he's not), the party was gaslighted by Bart then to destroy Cocoon, cause the prophecy said that Cocoon will fall, but did not indicate under what circumstances. Bart does not control the situation, which is his special quality as an antagonist: he pretends that everything is going according to his plan, but in essence he is also not sure of the final goal of the plan and is playing the cards blindly.