[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[Kein]

No, the Machine makes it sound like he had gangrene and amputated his foot.

Words "gangrene" and "foot" never mentioned in the game's language file regarding to Mandus (as if he had/experienced it). Nor in any documents. Nor in notes.
Assumption [noun]:
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

The Machine asks Mandus about something in the past which Mandus clearly experienced.

The Machine talks about something that may or may not happened or was experienced by the Mandus in the past ("That's not me! I never said that!"). It said a lot of contradicting stuff (that currently has no coherent and logic explanation without lots of assumptions).

I've been pondering this for a while, and I figured I'd mention it. There are a lot of references to the 'end of the century' and the 'ringing in of a new century' in the game. We all seem to assume that the game takes place in 1899, considering the notes we've found.

At this point I'm tempted to point out that the 20th century doesn't actually start until the 1st of January 1901. Which leaves me wondering...

Is the game actually set a year later than we seem to be assuming, or is this simply a matter of free interpretation from the developers? Point being that if the clock is ringing in 'the new century' at the end of the game, we'd technically be hitting the 1st of January 1901.

Based on the notes, all the events happens at 31 Dec 1899