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Monsters that can enter even our rooms, Ruana? That is your game? And if the pods aren't what protects us from them otherwise, what is?

*Enoch sighs tersely, a little shaken beneath his annoyance. Death isn't fun, even if it isn't real.*

Jason must rather dislike all this extra work you're giving him...

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It's clear they want us to function, and it was somewhat difficult to navigate the tower with the glamours down. The glamours on the food may never return, but we do have the food available from the other levels if that is true; even if it is not what it appears to be, it still nourishes us as food should.

difficult, but not impossible. i think that might depend on how far we push them.

[and let's change the subject because he's still trying not to think of the whole body glamour thing...]

food from the other levels— you mean the flora and fauna? i actually don't mind the bars much, though it's irksome they wouldn't allow us to keep the spirits.

suppose it's best, as always, to hunt during the day. now moreso than ever.

*It's a shame Enoch first, has picked up on the convenience of keeping several conversation threads at once in text; and second, does not see that this was a subject change at all because of this. He thinks of it instead as a conversation that has split in two.

While he knows the glamours are a disturbing subject, it's knowledge too valuable to ignore. Especially when he realizes something else...*

Looking back on them, there is, too, the consideration that most of their games, experiments, or distractions depend on altering the glamours.

I don't mind them, either. There is worse than blandness, but variety is better for us. Perhaps if I made a syrup from some fruit to flavor the bars.

[ the reply is slightly slower to come. ]

the alternative is that they somehow know the physical workings of both various races and long lost technology from different worlds well enough to not leave permanent issues after modifying them. as far as the alterations of our beings goes, it's far more likely they were playing with the glamours.

i assume the bars have enough in them to sustain us, though there's the question of why these bodies need it at all.

*And Enoch turns out unusually tactless because even that is simple fact of life for text for him - there is also the luxury of being able to think of your words before letting the other person know what they are...*

That's exactly what I was saying. I don't believe they would take those from us because they deal in them as well.

I don't know why, but I do know that it is needed. If they will still hear questions from us, we might ask.

[ that's the magic of text-based replies on a network; any strange pauses can be comfortably attributed to technical errors on the other end or some sort of temporary distraction, or just simply thinking longer on something.

by which to say as much as the removal of the cues present in face-to-face interaction helps him in keeping his distance it has its obvious drawbacks. like now. oops. ]

fair point. the two are interlinked, it's a sound enough argument.

perhaps one could raise the issue the next time they deign to appear to us.

*And Enoch himself is a slow typist, so it's easy for him to consider that too. If the truth comes out he'll feel terrible for it.*

I plan to.

*Actually, depending on how Zo answers his note next month he'll take the opportunity to ask Jason after that. Surely such information is harmless now that they know.*

...that's rather bold of you.

if it would not be too presumptuous, could i ask to be kept updated on that correspondence and any subsequent?

Of course. Can I have a name or mailbox number to send that to?

*Since "R1822322" was...well, clumsy.*

mailbox 0322.

name's raven.

Very well, Raven. I'll remember that.

much appreciated, thank you.

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