Not exactly. It's just somethin' that stuck around. But ... huh. Now ya mention it...

[Kanji pauses as a thought comes to mind.]

It's kinda like the Hecatites have somethin' in common with the Cryptos. Sure, they ain't so ... individualistic ... but there's this whole making and working with your own tools thing in their culture. Bit like the way coding worked, y'know?