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[snowblindmods]

I hope you've had fun.

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[snowblindmods]

Even I don't know what happens after people die, but yes, you'll die permanently.

[bywolves]

[ Finally. There's no response for a while, and then: ]

Are we real? Were we actually taken from our original worlds and placed here, physically, or is it just our... minds?

[snowblindmods]

You're real. The administrator brought you here physically, although I haven't seen the device that does that.

[bywolves]

Are you a real, physical person? Is the administrator a real, physical person? Or are the two of you data, as well?

[snowblindmods]

We're real.

[bywolves]

How have you survived? Do you have food? Water?

[snowblindmods]

Cryostasis. I've mentioned that before, I believe.

[bywolves]

I haven't ever had the energy to read every single thing that people argue with you about.

How long have you and the administrator been here? Years? Centuries?

[snowblindmods]

At least a thousand years. The date system isn't working.

[bywolves]

Hm.

So we're missing, then. From our original worlds. One day Hadrian woke up and I wasn't there and won't ever be again.

[snowblindmods]

Yes, I imagine so.

[bywolves]

[ Oof. That one hurts. Sorry, Miller, he has to go for right now, because the implications of that suck real hard.

Who knows, he might be back later with more questions, but for now? He has to think about how his world his daughter still lives in is going to dissolve into a war-torn, genocidal mess. ]

[devoutish]

[Guess who's nearby? Alfie's been quiet, mostly, but when Royce suddenly stops typing he gently takes his tablet from him and reads over what he's written.]

-- Royce.

[bywolves]

[ He shakes his head, when he hears Alfie. Firmly, quietly: ] Not right now. Later.

[devoutish]

We don't know that he's telling the truth.

[bywolves]

[ He doesn't answer. He'll talk about it later, after he's sorted his thoughts out. ]

[devoutish]

[Alfie pauses for a moment, unsure of what to do. It's been a long time since he's been so thoroughly dismissed by Royce.

In the end, he wordlessly gets up and moves away.]