the opening scene really shows you how fucked up getting joined actually is, I'd say. they turn it into a ritual only and I mean ONLY because Kusimayu wanted to feel, like, "at home with it." the plurbs sing awesome peruvian songs and shit and the MOMENT she's unconscious they immediately stop, wait for her to be joined, and once it's over with they immediately just start packing up. it's almost like watching a culture die. I mean, sure, they still have all the knowledge of peruvian culture and quechuan and everything, but they don't *need* it anymore, so it gets discarded. they don't need their identities, their languages, or anything which defines one's identity, because they're already made happy by the pluribus virus. everything you've ever done become meaningless in the face of the hivemind. I honestly became a little sad when the baby goat got left behind. you're essentially abandoning yourself and it's kinda fucked up if you think this is a good thing. idk. I'm just analyzing that scene and trying to deduce what bravo might have been saying by showing how ruthlessly the hivemind just . erases your identity and culture and everything