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$94-01-19-08-1-0
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[charaSet A 10002000 1 Meltryllis]
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@Gawain
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We've certainly come a long way. Although it appears the path ahead does not lead anywhere else...
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[k]
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?1:“Flank”? What are we even talking about?
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@Gawain
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I can answer that, Master. It is a word that specifically refers to the side of the body.
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@Gawain
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You may have heard the term applied to certain cuts of beef.
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?2:Why “Separator”?
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@Meltryllis
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Because this area used to house separator devices.[sr]It looks like it also handled desalination.
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@Meltryllis
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In human terms, it would be like the liver: an organ that neutralizes and expels toxins from the body.
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[k]
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@Meltryllis
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Most if not all of the resources Seraphix collected must have passed through here before being packaged.
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[k]
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?!
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@Meltryllis
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...Looks like there isn't anything here except another human memory.
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[k]
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@Meltryllis
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Why don't you touch it?[sr]You might learn something useful.
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[k]
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@Man
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When weird things first started happening on Seraphix,[sr]I was secretly thrilled.
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[k]
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@Man
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I'm not like the other academics. I'm a fixer.[sr]I was brought here in case things go wrong.
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[k]
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@Man
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My real job was to dispose of anyone who might get in our way, or try to leak secrets.
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[k]
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@Man
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Sometimes, I'd also check how healthy the supplies that came in from the outside were.
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[k]
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@Man
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It was dirty work, but so what. I'm a bad guy.[sr]It was nothing I hadn't done countless times before.
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[k]
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@Man
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I don't trust others. I can only see them as patsies.[sr]The weak are meant to be exploited.
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[k]
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@Man
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If I didn't, a punk like me without any parents, schooling, or luck could never survive out there.
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@Man
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So I was sure I'd be able to survive this situation too. Groups without a leader always fall apart.
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[k]
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@Man
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They start by arguing, then they divide themselves into factions, usually based on class, then the ones with vested interests start discriminating against others.
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[k]
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@Man
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Once a few people end up dead, that's where I come in.[sr]I'm not suited to being on top.
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[k]
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@Man
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I'm ugly, bad-tempered, and totally lacking in charisma. So I make sure to follow people who aren't any of those things.
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[k]
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@Man
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Cause curiously enough, leaders like that never have the trait that guys like me do: the endless capacity for brutally merciless violence.
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[k]
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@Man
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When you get down to it, my total lack of empathy for my victims was my greatest weapon.
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[k]
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@Man
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And just as I expected, Beckman began bringing the survivors together. He formed an organization, set down laws, and chose me to enforce them.
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@Man
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It was wonderful. I was finally living in the world I'd always dreamed of. I could indulge completely in my desire to dominate those around me.
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[k]
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@Man
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I killed good people. People I didn't like. One guy, I fed to a monster just 'cause I felt like it. Just 'cause he caught my eye.
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[k]
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@Man
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I'm a bad guy. I never expected anything from this world. Nobody ever respected me except me.
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[k]
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@Man
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That's why I don't understand...
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@Man
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Why did this happen to me?
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[k]
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@Man
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It was so nice. I learned there were other ways to deal with people besides dominating them.
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[k]
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@Man
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I learned about love. I'd never dreamed that a guy like me could ever find love.
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[k]
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@Man
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This world offered me salvation...
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[k]
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@Man
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That's why I'd do anything for her. And I mean ANYTHING. Not just the petty crimes I've done before.
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@Man
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I'm not scared of anything. I don't care if all of America's against me. Nothing in the world can hurt m[line 2]No, wait. There's still one thing I'm scared of.
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[k]
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@Man
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...In fact, it's downright terrifying! This thought alone scares me far more than my own death ever could.
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[k]
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@Man
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I'm scared that one day, she'll come to despise me, and throw me away.
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[k]
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@Man
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I'm scared to go back to being the subhuman scum I once was.
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[k]
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@Man
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I know love now. My eyes are finally open to the concept of affection...to affection that could change the world.
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[k]
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@Man
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That's why, if the alternative is losing this love I've finally found...
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@Man
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...I'd rather watch the whole world burn.
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?1:...That was...
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?2:...I don't understand...
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?!
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@Gawain
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...[%1], I do not profess to know what it is you have seen...
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[k]
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@Gawain
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But that was the voice of a wounded sinner, pleading for help, asking God for forgiveness on his deathbed.
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@Meltryllis
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Why are you getting sentimental? It doesn't matter how they try to cover it up. A sinner's a sinner.
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[k]
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@Meltryllis
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They can repent all they want, but that won't change their sins. The only way to do that would be to undo the damage their sins caused.
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[k]
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@Meltryllis
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But humans don't have that power. So, all they can do is try to balance the scales by doing good deeds.
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[k]
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@Meltryllis
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The sins remain forever. Even if someone puts their sins behind themselves, a sinner is still a sinner.
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@Meltryllis
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You know what I'm talking about, right, Gawain?
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@Meltryllis
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You go around telling others to do good deeds, to “protect all that is good,” but you don't include yourself.
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[k]
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@Meltryllis
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Much as you play at being just, you're doomed to be trapped by the justice you yourself will face in your final moments.
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@Gawain
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...I cannot deny the truth of what you say.[sr]And yet I am amazed to hear you, of all people, say it.
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@Gawain
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Thank you, milady, but you need not concern yourself.[sr]I am satisfied with the way I am.
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@Gawain
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In the end, acting as we wish is truly what it means to be human.
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@Meltryllis
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D-don't worry, I wasn't concerned about you at all.
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@Meltryllis
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If it makes you happy to follow social customs, or the law, or your emotions, then knock yourself out.
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@Meltryllis
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That kind of posturing is also something only humans do. ...What sad creatures you are.
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