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[cosmicwords]

It's unlikely but anything is possible.

[A beat.]

Oh, I mean hacking the system, not refraining from killing each other. I like to believe we are capable of pulling together when we have to.

[...For the most part. There is a small hint of guilt in his voice as he says this.]

[cosmicwords]

[A snorting giggle.]

You know, you might be one of the first people around here to say that.

[Other than Enoch, anyway.]

[cosmicwords]

[A small, sympathetic sound.]

I've learned hope by watching people fight against seemingly impossible odds. I see the same thing here.

[It's still a lesson he's getting used to after being frozen by his own hopelessness for thousands of years.]

...Might I ask, are you a storyteller yourself? You've mentioned stories a couple of times now.

[cosmicwords]

Oh, are you really?

Your works have survived until my era, even, they really are timeless.

[cosmicwords]

Well, I think everyone wishes they could have a second draft sometimes.

[cosmicwords]

[It's not a tangent chaos minds. He listens with honest interest.]

Of course the past has its merits....

Even if a person has regrets, erasing your past means erasing the events that have shaped you.