Well, this is really out of my depth. The only thing I can offer is that the name Parian, which comes up here as the name of a 'renegade AI made by the company Negatron', might be a reference to a Worm character (at least, it seems more likely than any of the options on Wikipedia's disambiguation page for Parian). Possibly-relevant things associated with Parian:
remote manipulation of puppets/dolls | masks; concealment of true appearance/identity | neither hero nor villain | hiding a secret power | manipulating flayed human skin (!)
Thanks for the Parian info, I think you're right that it's the Worm character being referenced. This whole exploration has involved a crash course in Internet-age pop culture for me! I've fixed that JSON link now.
Well, this is really out of my depth. The only thing I can offer is that the name Parian, which comes up here as the name of a 'renegade AI made by the company Negatron', might be a reference to a Worm character (at least, it seems more likely than any of the options on Wikipedia's disambiguation page for Parian). Possibly-relevant things associated with Parian:
remote manipulation of puppets/dolls | masks; concealment of true appearance/identity | neither hero nor villain | hiding a secret power | manipulating flayed human skin (!)
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