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reach the residents
● ● ● REACH THE RESIDENTS
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// VIVECA
Hi, what can I help you with?
// DEGAR
Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.
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[ it's matter-of-fact, but there's something regretful in her tone, too. ] I can't help with that. When you return home, you forget.
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[ His voice tightens some, and unseen to her is the way Yzak's fingers curl into a fist, one nail fidgeting and scratching idly at his palm. ]
I not only hate the idea of something that's mine being forcibly taken from me, but don't want to let go of the things I've found here, either.
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[ unfortunately so. ]
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Because you're included as one of the things I'd like to remember once I've returned. Despite the many things that deny you from sharing certain information, despite the distrust much of the crew either had or still has in you ... your intent to do what you can for us within your means while we're here searching for these orbs has not gone unnoticed.
I appreciate it. What you've done, and what you try to do. And if I succeed here in my mission, I'd like to remember who was responsible for the help of saving so many lives when I look out to my homeland and no longer see so many of our colonies in ruins.
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[ and she does genuinely sound touched — it had never been her intention, at the start of it all, for people to care about her; her function was to help them, that was the long and short of it. she didn't matter, not in the grand scale of it all.
and yet. ]
But I'm sure you understand why it's a risk, for people to go back to their homes, remembering the orbs. You have telepaths among you, and not all of them out there are as nice as the ones here. If you decide to try and fight for a way to remember everything... it's not like I can stop you. But I'd advise you to look further than your own wants. If someone plucks the thought of the orbs out of your head and devises a way to come here to steal them, what then? Are you prepared to take responsibility of that?
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I'm not just looking at my own wants, though. I'd hardly consider myself the only one who isn't happy to learn about this little detail. [ Those aren't words of bullshit, because Yzak isn't the type of person to lie. But his own wants are absolutely there, front and center. He'd feel the same way even if the rest of the team decided they were fine with this, selfishness of wishing to keep what's his not so easily to shake for someone like him. ] But I am quite personally concerned when it comes to myself here, I'll admit.
An outcome like that is something I'd like to avoid, even though I'm not the sort of man who'd skirt taking responsibilities for my actions, either! But if a way exists, it's something I, at the very least, intend to find. Beyond that will be a matter of what it entails, because as I've come to understand much of the happenings here, there's bound to be a catch, or some price for pay for it.
Of course, that's all in a completely theoretical situation. And I'm also here to ask you about something possibly less so.
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[ there's a certain pointedness to her words, there — even alexander, while not happy about it all, accepted it. it's not news to her it's something that concerns those in the team. ]
What's the less theoretical thing you want to know?
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If a way even exists at all.
[ Because when it comes to theoreticals, Yzak only wants to mull on them so much. But stubborn and determined, if he doesn't see a path ahead of him that he wants to take, he'll do everything he can to carve out his own.
So he moves on. ]
I'd like to know more about the orbs. The contracts we have with them, versus other things we've seen happen on our missions, such as what transpired on Giva. Angrial gave up her wings and her right to reincarnate for Entr'i's sake. Unlike we who are here until we've reunited the orbs, her wish was granted immediately.
I have no interest in changing my reason for being here. But, if there's a way I can secure a swift, additional exchange with the orbs, with an orb, I want to know if that's within the realm of possibility. Similar to the choice Angrial made, I...
[ Another brief pause, a small catch in his throat that he clears. ]
I'd like to do the same. For Blue. Because he can't afford to wait until we've gathered all of the orbs for something like that. He won't make it that far.
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[ it's a wry sentiment, but she lets it go to focus on his question. ]
It's different, the contract with an individual orb. Yours is with the Orb — what it will be once they've all been gathered together. It can't be fulfilled until that's happened. But if you make a contract with one of the individual orbs on the planets before they've merged with the whole... those you can have happen instantly.
[ she sighs. ] I don't have to tell you that there's going to be a price, do I? You saw what Angrial gave up.
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I did. [ See what Angrial paid. ] I would have figured there'd be some sort of price even if I hadn't, based on what we know of the orbs already.
But similar to the choice she made ... [ Even if his tone sounds assured, he speaks slowly because his mind still constantly turns thoughts around in it when he thinks about this. ] If I can do so in that manner - without giving up my regret, because I know someone like Blue who dedicated himself to his people wouldn't want me to give that much up for him - then it's a choice I'm willing to make for his sake now that I know it's possible.
The cost, though. How high can the price to something like that be, do you know?
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[ another sigh. ] Whatever it thinks leads to most chaos.
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He won't know until he's there, though, huh. And he'll have to be ready with this knowledge so his judgment isn't clouded in the moment. He doesn't want to make a choice that he, that they'll both end up regretting more.
It almost sounds like he stops responding with the stretch of silence that follows. But eventually his voice comes back through. ]
That leaves me quite a bit to consider. [ Which he will. And alone, but only for now. ] Including whether or not it'll be worth it, depending on what it wants. [ Though, barring a few things, there isn't much that wouldn't be worth it if it's being taken from him and him alone. ]
I appreciate the information, Viveca.
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[ to help them, even if it's with something like this — answers that may or may not lead to something better. it's not her choice to make, in the end. ]