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[animusnpcs]

[At first what Dax is saying is completely incomprehensible--a good ear for languages may notice it's the same language the worker units are speaking. Dax has some sort of device in his hand, though, and after fiddling with it a little eventually his words become understandable to anyone listening:]

--Testing, testing--aha, there we are. Alright--well, to get this out of the way for our new residents, I'm Dax, and I'm an administrator of the Tower. Anyway, as you may have noticed, we're having a few minor malfunctions when it comes to our usual translation process which wasn't helped by having to divert all that power to quarantining and scrubbing radiation. I'm using a portable device to translate this to all of you and to translate any of your responses, but it's a bit fussy.

We should have everything fixed within a day or two, however! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

[He sounds just a bit nervous about the prospect of Q&A, though. It's as if these situations often bring long discussions and arguments, or something.]

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[animusnpcs]

We don't have those countries here, so I'm not, no.

[doctor_dismemberment]

It was worth a shot. What do you have here? Surely you must have some sort of power structures in place. And I mean outside the Tower, thank you. Though if you'd like to detail the internal power structure, that would be nice, as well.

[It is astounding how fast he can switch between pointless banter and actual questions.]

[animusnpcs]

The world is sparsely populated and mostly centered around structures such as the Tower you currently reside in. Each one functions more or less autonomously. We are residents much like you are, only we have lived here our entire lives.

[doctor_dismemberment]

I see. So, you have seniority, then? Are you the original residents?

[animusnpcs]

We descend from the original residents but are not them. This Tower existed before we were alive.

[doctor_dismemberment]

You're mortal, then. Good to know.

[The one time he didn't actually mean it as a threat, it came out sounding like one. Great.]

[animusnpcs]

We are, yes.

[doctor_dismemberment]

All of you? Just to be sure.

[He really wants to know more about that kid he held at gunpoint, among other things.]

[animusnpcs]

As far as I know.

[doctor_dismemberment]

Do all of you come with your own informational packets, then, or are we special?

[animusnpcs]

You're special.

[doctor_dismemberment]

I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. [He doesn't.]

Guh. All right, this conversation is annoying and tiring. Get to work fixing this damned language bug quickly.