I wish I could say I'm just here to win your heart over with some tea, but I was hoping we might talk. You already know why I'm interested in what happened with Shima, right?
[ she did talk to claude about it, so... they must know about what happened between her and rabbit. ]
[ she smiles briefly, but it falls flat with a sigh. the almost sing-song lilt of her voice drops to something more serious. ]
...I'm trying to understand why it's happening. Since you guys can't seem to talk about it freely with each other, I thought I'd come ask what you know about why nova keeps breaking.
[ how many of our npcs are japanese... anyway, she gets the impression that this is going to be more difficult with a leader she hasn't Befriended, but sometimes, regrettably, you have to try. ]
Well, it's about as much as you've probably figured. I detected that Laine Brick's nova was splintering, and since the Leaders aren't capable of seriously harming a participant, I— [ they swallow, almost imperceptibly ] —called on one of my team members to remove him.
Unfortunately, no. I wasn't completely surprised, but only because I knew of your case, with Cater. I didn't see any signs before then that it was going to happen again.
[ if anyone was going to notice, it's probably good that it was fox? she sighs. ]
Figures it wouldn't be that easy. I guess the only way we'll know for sure if someone killed thanks to this splintering business is if we catch them, huh?
[ she doesn't sound thrilled about this—there's no 'good' choice for executions. ]
Can I ask if you learned anything new, at least? I know when we kill you guys get some memories back too—so maybe there's our silver lining.
I don't think it is... [ that's not promising. but she hands him a plate of cookies, if he'd like one, mulling aloud. ] ...It's still good news though, right? As long as we take the right steps here, we can all come back and restore everyone's nova! And all that good stuff.
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Good, good.
[ she'll go ahead and pour them some brew. ]
I wish I could say I'm just here to win your heart over with some tea, but I was hoping we might talk. You already know why I'm interested in what happened with Shima, right?
[ she did talk to claude about it, so... they must know about what happened between her and rabbit. ]
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they tap their index finger, almost idly. ]
I'm aware, yes.
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...I'm trying to understand why it's happening. Since you guys can't seem to talk about it freely with each other, I thought I'd come ask what you know about why nova keeps breaking.
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Would you mind telling me what happened anyway?
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[ she sounds sympathetic about that much. now that she's gotten to know rabbit—she doesn't think it was an easy thing to ask for her. ]
Did you notice any signs that it was happening? I was trying to keep an eye out last week, but I couldn't spot anything in time...
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Figures it wouldn't be that easy. I guess the only way we'll know for sure if someone killed thanks to this splintering business is if we catch them, huh?
[ she doesn't sound thrilled about this—there's no 'good' choice for executions. ]
Can I ask if you learned anything new, at least? I know when we kill you guys get some memories back too—so maybe there's our silver lining.
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I don't think it is... [ that's not promising. but she hands him a plate of cookies, if he'd like one, mulling aloud. ] ...It's still good news though, right? As long as we take the right steps here, we can all come back and restore everyone's nova! And all that good stuff.
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... Yes. Hopefully, even if things are difficult until then, things will work out in the end.