What does it matter to you? I already told you I'm alive, and my room is fine. No creatures or trees. Maybe COMPASS got annoyed with your badgering, too, and decided to redecorate around your place.
I managed on my own in that hellhole didn't I?! Geez!! You're the tinier one You'd be far easier to carry off!!
Did you ever find those friends you were looking for you were so messed up I thought it would take you longer to recover where are you anyway have you gone out into that forest yet I was gonna check it out, but it's way too hot during the day
What friends? I was looking around for people who got lost in the mist, but I barely know them.
Anyway, I found them, and why do you need to know where I am? I'm busy. You should avoid the forest because of the venomous creatures, not because of the heat. What kind of messed up logic is that?
That's how you make friends, silly! Sharing the same experiences and all!
[ It's sarcastic, but really. ]
And what's messed up about it? You could get high blood pressure in the heat and be susceptible to heatstroke!! you think I'm gonna let that kill me and then let the venomous creatures get my body?
wow, you're cruel, Gareki!!
what exactly are you busy with I thought you said you didn't have plants in your room ◉‿◉ you're probably not doing anything at all, right?
So? We're still sharing the same experience. Broaden your horizons, silly. So what if we're being forced into shit? These guys think they can get the best of us by making us fear them so I won't! You shouldn't either. Focus on what matters so we can escape, and we'll be fine!
[ She grimaces at the next part. ]
Glad to see YOU have your priorities in check How do you make even the most innocent questions sound suspicious?! I need to hunt for food! Thought you'd be interested In case you haven't noticed, we're running short But fine, if you don't want to eat, I'll just go out there alone. All by myself, with all that food ready to be found before it rots...
Anywhere that has them maybe a store I'm hungry okay I haven't had a proper meal since I found you losing your head back at that Salem's Lot place!!
[ It's not food, nothing in the cans is food, this place sucks. ]
Other people need that food more anyway Have YOU been eating? I don't want to see you going delusional and walking into a venus humantrap or something, you got that?!
I wasn't losing my head. I was fine. Just a bit tired. If I'd lost my head, I would have tried to attack you like some other people or assimilate you into some cult.
[ None of which he remembers doing... thankfully. ]
I keep myself fed. I know how to get by in places like these if I have to.
By choice. I had places to be and things to do. Why are you always so nosy about things? I don't want to know about you or anything you did. We won't see each other again if we leave.
Because we won't see each other again! It's not going to matter once we find a way out, right?! And I'm not offering the info either, so it works for me. But asking never killed anyone What are you, some super spy? "I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you" sort of shit? Your cover is weak, Gareki!!
Well, you said you're not asking! So why would I say anything? Besides, they can't brainwash me... Some guys back home tried and it failed. But it doesn't look like I have to worry about them here.
[ Which is saying enough. ]
I'm not a NEXT though. That's what Ivan is. I'm a human, just with magic. We're called a name back home, but I haven't heard anyone around here use it, so I might as well not either.
Things like that for you, or are you just not telling because you like being difficult?
People in my own world can't just use powers like that. I've seen what it does when they don't have anything to control them. I've seen something like that happen here a lot of times, too.
As sure as you are that you won't be next, it's not impossible.
Well, isn't that a given when you guys don't have powers? You can lose control without practice- but people can discipline themselves to use them right. In my world, anyone that's born with powers has to hone them right so they don't hurt anyone Not that bad guys care about that, but that's normal. And I'm pretty sure I won't be next, unless COMPASS has developed something beyond what the bad guys do back home.
It's not that easy. For some people, it's impossible. Not when it eats away at their sense and when they can't recognize their allies from their enemies.
It doesn't matter anyway. I haven't seen anyone from my world, but the situations mirror it too closely sometimes.
[ That actually gets a slight delay in response for her. Mostly because she has to wonder if her brother does remember her, and if he doesn't, well...
His powers were different than hers, even in the core similarity... at least, from what she remembers. Will he attack her if he's forgotten her, too?
What if she hurts him without knowing...? ]
That's happened to you before, huh? Sounds pretty scary. And it would help to know! I mean- if people from your world can be that dangerous- It'd help to know who they are so we can figure out a way to help. The last thing you want is people losing their control here of all places. Bet that's what COMPASS would want, anyway.
And if they're friends of yours, then they need to be protected too. No one's in their element here, so it's only right.
Just promise me you won't go off and get yourself hurt At least remember you've got people who will worry about you as well.
What friends? I just said they were people I know. I don't hang around with them by choice. Do you worry over everyone like this, or am I just the lucky one who gets your undivided attention all the time?
I'll be fine. I know how to get by in situations like these. There are plenty of other people who are in more need of a babysitter.
Yeah, yeah, pretty sure you're just around them because you like the food. And I can worry about who I want! Geez, it's like everything in the world is a problem to you, Gareki Do you ever actually like anything?! (ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻
I don't know about you but I like knowing the people around me have somewhere to come back to even in a place like this even if you can take care of yourself, it doesn't hurt having that you know!!
Just stay alive and don't do crazy things That's all!!
I like things. They're just not anywhere to be found in this place. And I have a place to return to. It's just not here. What's so hard to get about that?
I'll do what I need to. How many times do I have to tell you to stay out of it?
[ She's making him glad he doesn't actually have a mother. What a pushy lady. ]
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Stop badgering me.
Don't you have other people to bother?
Even if I don't have special powers, I'm pretty good at keeping myself alive.
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You were acting so weird I didn't know what to think! (ノ`Д ́)ノ
did you get a forest growing in your room too or did you luck out
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I already told you I'm alive, and my room is fine.
No creatures or trees. Maybe COMPASS got annoyed with your badgering, too,
and decided to redecorate around your place.
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And how come your room isn't hit
You're totally making that up aren't you
have you eaten anything since that sandwich I gave you
or are you hallucinating things again?!
it's been four days and this entire place has gone to hell
the last thing I need to hear is someone ending up eaten by a wild plant
it could totally happen!!
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Of course, I've been eating since then.
And my room is empty because it's empty.
[ He also has it rigged with traps to keep things out since he doesn't trust anyone here. Probably why he hasn't seen his roommate in some time... ]
Worry more about yourself and what might drag you away in the middle of the night.
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You're the tinier one
You'd be far easier to carry off!!
Did you ever find those friends you were looking for
you were so messed up I thought it would take you longer to recover
where are you anyway
have you gone out into that forest yet
I was gonna check it out, but it's way too hot during the day
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I was looking around for people who got lost in the mist,
but I barely know them.
Anyway, I found them, and why do you need to know where I am?
I'm busy.
You should avoid the forest because of the venomous creatures, not because of the heat. What kind of messed up logic is that?
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[ It's sarcastic, but really. ]
And what's messed up about it? You could get high blood pressure in the heat
and be susceptible to heatstroke!!
you think I'm gonna let that kill me and then let the venomous creatures get my body?
wow, you're cruel, Gareki!!
what exactly are you busy with
I thought you said you didn't have plants in your room ◉‿◉
you're probably not doing anything at all, right?
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Friends aren't forced on you for weird experiments by faceless entities.
[ Well, maybe they are in her world. What does he know ?]
I don't have plants in my room.
I'm doing other things. Why do you need to know so badly?
Maybe I'm clipping my toe nails.
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Broaden your horizons, silly. So what if we're being forced into shit?
These guys think they can get the best of us by making us fear them
so I won't! You shouldn't either.
Focus on what matters so we can escape, and we'll be fine!
[ She grimaces at the next part. ]
Glad to see YOU have your priorities in check
How do you make even the most innocent questions sound suspicious?!
I need to hunt for food!
Thought you'd be interested
In case you haven't noticed, we're running short
But fine, if you don't want to eat, I'll just go out there alone.
All by myself, with all that food ready to be found before it rots...
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Most of the stuff growing around us can't be trusted.
The fish look freakish, and the animals could all be venomous.
You're better off just going to the store room and eating
what they put in those cans.
[ Which hardly counts as food, but does she expect him to find it all for her? He's been hoarding what he can. ]
Why don't you gather things when they let you off into the shops?
Don't just eat to fill your stomach then.
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maybe a store
I'm hungry okay
I haven't had a proper meal since I found you losing your head
back at that Salem's Lot place!!
[ It's not food, nothing in the cans is food, this place sucks. ]
Other people need that food more anyway
Have YOU been eating?
I don't want to see you going delusional and walking into a venus humantrap or something, you got that?!
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I was fine. Just a bit tired.
If I'd lost my head, I would have tried to attack you like some other people or assimilate you into some cult.
[ None of which he remembers doing... thankfully. ]
I keep myself fed. I know how to get by in places like these if I have to.
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... how come you know how to get by in places like that?
Were you out on the streets or something?
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I had places to be and things to do.
Why are you always so nosy about things?
I don't want to know about you or anything you did.
We won't see each other again if we leave.
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out, right?!
And I'm not offering the info either, so it works for me.
But asking never killed anyone
What are you, some super spy?
"I'd tell you, but I'd have to kill you"
sort of shit?
Your cover is weak, Gareki!!
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And why would you expect someone to tell you something you won't offer up first?
You said you had powers before, so you're probably something like a Next, too. COMPASS might brainwash you next, so the less you know, the better.
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So why would I say anything?
Besides, they can't brainwash me...
Some guys back home tried and it failed.
But it doesn't look like I have to worry about them here.
[ Which is saying enough. ]
I'm not a NEXT though.
That's what Ivan is.
I'm a human, just with magic. We're called a name back home,
but I haven't heard anyone around here use it, so I might as
well not either.
Things like that for you, or are you just not telling
because you like being difficult?
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I've seen what it does when they don't have anything to control them.
I've seen something like that happen here a lot of times, too.
As sure as you are that you won't be next,
it's not impossible.
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You can lose control without practice- but people can discipline themselves
to use them right.
In my world, anyone that's born with powers has to hone them right
so they don't hurt anyone
Not that bad guys care about that, but that's normal.
And I'm pretty sure I won't be next, unless COMPASS has developed something
beyond what the bad guys do back home.
what kind of people have you been around anyway?
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For some people, it's impossible.
Not when it eats away at their sense and when they can't recognize their allies from their enemies.
It doesn't matter anyway. I haven't seen anyone from my world,
but the situations mirror it too closely sometimes.
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His powers were different than hers, even in the core similarity... at least, from what she remembers. Will he attack her if he's forgotten her, too?
What if she hurts him without knowing...? ]
That's happened to you before, huh?
Sounds pretty scary. And it would help to know!
I mean- if people from your world can be that dangerous-
It'd help to know who they are so we can figure out a way to help.
The last thing you want is people losing their control here of all places.
Bet that's what COMPASS would want, anyway.
And if they're friends of yours, then they need to be protected too.
No one's in their element here, so it's only right.
Just promise me you won't go off and get yourself hurt
At least remember you've got people who will worry about you as well.
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I don't hang around with them by choice.
Do you worry over everyone like this, or am I just the lucky one who gets your undivided attention all the time?
I'll be fine. I know how to get by in situations like these.
There are plenty of other people who are in more need of a babysitter.
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And I can worry about who I want!
Geez, it's like everything in the world is a problem to you, Gareki
Do you ever actually like anything?! (ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻
I don't know about you but I like knowing the people around me
have somewhere to come back to even in a place like this
even if you can take care of yourself, it doesn't hurt having that
you know!!
Just stay alive and don't do crazy things
That's all!!
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And I have a place to return to. It's just not here.
What's so hard to get about that?
I'll do what I need to.
How many times do I have to tell you to stay out of it?
[ She's making him glad he doesn't actually have a mother. What a pushy lady. ]
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