I'm not a rust developer, but I see all the signs and scents of somebody who detects the truncheon and the trap.

My guess is that you're adrift in a continuum made by somebody else who started with one goal, but found an ancillary surprise benefit worthy of persisting under the umbrella of the previous illusion. Bricks kept getting put down, the pamphlet never changed, then bam there you are.

I wager you're right in the mix before former turned to latter.