it is explicitly stated: you are limited to the Given.
the Given stipulates that you, the reader, are put in the position of being Tried as described
Since the given states that I have no memory of my life, I therefore have nothing to compare this current experience with and therefore do not immediately pass judgement. For all I know, this is the birthing process that every one of my kind must go through. (If there are indeed others of my kind.) I do find, however, that I have an innate sense that I wish to be free of the chains and wish to survive. I momentarily ponder the possibility that this isn't necessary...that it somehow doesn't seem right...why does this voice suppose it has the right to put me on trial? Who do these voices belong to? Who made this fearful machine? I once again try the chains and find them still invulnerable. I sit and think....and listen to the grinding machine......and realize that I am wasting time. If I want to survive, it appears that my only hope is finding the right message. If I make it through this ordeal, perhaps I will have time later to find out why I had to go through it.