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[animusnpcs]

[The network has rebooted, and with it the translation systems--everything is in working order once more.

The following files have appeared, apparently by accident, on the network:]

security037-055
experiment037-009

[These files will be available for two hours before being deleted, although those with particularly good computer skills will be able to find the deleted files again.]

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[animusnpcs]

i don't want to answer this question

[sageprincess]

[Oh, crap...]

Please?

... You have been watching us, yes? You... You know what I have been trying to do, right?

[After being named 'most entertaining,' she has her doubts that Ruana would turn a blind eye to her attempt at organizing.]

We are afraid, and we want to know what this place is and why things are the way they are. And our attempts at learning might end badly, but they do not have to, if you could just tell us...

[animusnpcs]

i won't answer this question

i won't answer

[sageprincess]

[And she's starting to lose her nerve, but... one more shot--]

Whatever happened back then... it cannot hurt you anymore. It is just a memory now, right? And one can control their memories.

Please, Ruana, help us understand.

[animusnpcs]

NO

[sageprincess]

... I see.

I am sorry then, for causing you distress.

[animusnpcs]

it's okay

because you stopped it's okay

[sageprincess]

I do not enjoy causing others pain.

[Even if the other seems like they do. A sensibility she should be thankful she still has, she supposes.]

... May I ask of the other recording? It... sounds like a song or rhyme of some sort, but I cannot quite make it out.

[animusnpcs]

it's a prayer

[sageprincess]

A prayer. [Nnnot what she was expecting.] You believe in gods?

[animusnpcs]

someone who taught it to me did

probably

[sageprincess]

If you yourself do not believe... why repeat it again and again?

[animusnpcs]

that was a long time ago

[sageprincess]

I understand that, but my question still remains. What made you want to repeat it? For comfort, or...?

[animusnpcs]

i forget who taught me

but i think it was for them

[sageprincess]

For them.

[Ooookay, that's unsettling.]

As in to remember them by?

[animusnpcs]

yes

i forgot though

it's sad

[sageprincess]

There must be records of some sort down there, correct? Perhaps you could find paperwork on them or something.

[giveschase]

Hey, now. Shhh. It'll be okay.

[She is trying to mimic the mothers and caretakers she saw in Termina. May not be doing the best job.]

We want to help you and be your friends. But we can't do that if we don't understand you or what happened. We can't help if that's what you need, either.

[animusnpcs]

it hurts to remember

so i won't remember

[giveschase]

That's all right. We'll talk about other things, then. Is that okay?

[animusnpcs]

that's okay

[giveschase]

All right, then. What's your favorite color?

[Hm... Oh!]

Do you like to dance?

[animusnpcs]

pink

and sometimes

[giveschase]

Pink's a pretty color. My favorite's blue, though.

[Blue like the water that can't be tamed.]

...We should dance together sometime. It's my favorite thing to do. You feel free.