Here's an excerpt stolen from a forthcoming Hollywood movie about WCG.

Dr Lecter: "You still wake up sometimes, don't you Keith? Wake up in the dark and hear the Silence of the Fans."
Uplinger: "Yes."
Dr Lecter: "And you think if you repair the feeder, you can make them start, don't you? You think if the feeder lives, you won't wake up in the dark ever again, to that awful Silence of the Fans"