Sati's Puzzle

I see you got your friends to solve your "homework" for you. Personally, I wouldn't have given them the time of day, but they seemed quite insistent in bothering me with the solution to the problem I set for you. You'll never learn anything unless you do it yourself, Sati. Remember that. I gotta say though, I was damned surprised when some of these "Red Pills" actually showed some working brain cells. I wouldn't have expected any of them to be able to solve that problem, yet they proved me wrong. I know how these "Red Pills" love to feel all special like, you know, and boast of their achievements, so how about I give ‘em something to feel all proud about inside? Who am I kidding! Even you know that sorta thing isn't within my nature. So how about I tell you who to pat on the back, and you reward them in whatever way you wish.

So, in keeping with that "Red Pill" competitive streak, the so-called ‘winners' would be Mercio and ECW420 (the names these "Red Pills" come up with!) for working together and firing off the answer first--it was close. Only 4 minutes between ‘em. I guess they worked together. These "Red Pills" are known to reside within the Vector instance of the Matrix, the same one as myself. Guess we share the same natural traits. Too bad not one soul from the Syntax or Recursion instances managed to contact me. Maybe next time, they'll be more willing to show me that their instances of this simulation are also up to the task.
 
You might be interested to know the first one to contact me--after you hid my name, oh so well--was a guy named after a steak, Tbone. I suppose then, you may also want to know that one "Red Pill," rev0l3r, likes you so much that he even did your foot work and collected the token for you.

So Sati, what do you think? Should I test the brains of these "Red Pills" directly or do you just want to pass them your next homework?

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