As you progress through Pragmata, the story increasingly reveals its themes. The uncontrolled growth of technologies intended to automate every sphere of human activity will ultimately displace the people themselves, and the machines will never understand why they do what they do.
In short, this is the story of the Eight, and that is why he is the true final boss of the game. Not an ambitious villain with grand schemes, but a machine simply following instructions and trying to mimic human emotions. And you must stop it.
