[network] @dickcheese, Day 168, audio [open]

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[ It takes the video of the bomb hitting to really force Rhys to realize how up his own butt he's been. And it's only partially justified. Ish. Maybe.

An update, then, on how the Situation has been resolved is in order, now that he's been fed, watered, and had time to collect his thought. ]

Jack's gone.

...gone out of my head, anyway.

Just, u-uh. Thought everyone should know.

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@dickcheese, audio; private

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[ No video, Steph. He's entirely too gross and blood encrusted. ]

Yeah, I-I saw later, when I woke up. Saw everything.

You were seriously threatening a hologram. Wh- which was actually pretty sweet, if I'm being honest.

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[ Oh, alright. She's worried, but she does feel silly staring into a camera that's only pointed one way. ]

Coulda seen it through, too. Batman is an expert on intimidation and psychopaths.

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It's kinda hard to intimidate a psychopath you can't see.

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It's hard to intimidate a psychotic clown, a mutant crocodile man, a shapeshifter made of clay, a man who doses himself with his own fear toxin... do I need to go on?

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Yeah, but at least they're all corporeal. And - a-and Jack'd just hide in my head, like. Like a coward. That's all he was, in the end.

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Whatever it took to get you back.

So you held on to him, huh?

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[ Mm. Yeah.

That. ]

For the time being, I-I haven't - haven't decided on a long-term plan.

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[ She gets it, even if she doesn't like it. ]

Is he still, like, aware?

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[ The discomfort in Rhys' voice goes from an 8 to an 11+ ]

May...be? I haven't spent any time as a confined AI, so iunno.

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Well that's... going to be interesting to figure out.

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Would it be better or worse??

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I'm going to go with worse, on the logic that I don't give a crap what Jack feels or thinks and him invisibly looming over you is creepy as all get out.

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There isn't gonna be any looming, that much I can... almost guarantee.

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Almost. I guess that's better than it was.