[So that entity—and its data?—are linked closely to this location as well... He wonders if he'll ever see it himself. He'd love nothing more than the opportunity to talk with "Jerry."

Well, except getting out of here, but beggars can't be choosers.]

If damaging the buildings here affected not only the surroundings, but even the idea of the location... That only makes me more certain there's something vital to this particular place.

[Perhaps he could liken it to... a leyline, in magical terms. Or some kind of database or memory in digital ones.]

I wonder if other places have similar significance... and simply haven't been discovered because they haven't drawn nearly as much ire.