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[Ryuuzaki's low voice is accented in a way that people from places other than the U.K. might think of as "generically English," and when the message begins, his tones are pleasant and measured without being effusive.]
Hello, everyone.
The Ingress has brought us to the Moira from any number of places. When I meet someone, I can't say whether our similarities will outweigh our differences, or vice-versa... when you're this far from home, even small commonalities can seem important. It's led me to be curious about the broad strokes of everyone's backgrounds.
[A pause, as he approaches his real question.]
What can you tell me about the government in the place you came from before this? Both the form of government and, if possible, specific names of leaders.
If it wasn't your original home, I'd be interested in hearing about that, too, even down to what year it was for you.
If you'd prefer to answer privately, that's all right with me. I can promise you my discretion.
Thank you.
Hello, everyone.
The Ingress has brought us to the Moira from any number of places. When I meet someone, I can't say whether our similarities will outweigh our differences, or vice-versa... when you're this far from home, even small commonalities can seem important. It's led me to be curious about the broad strokes of everyone's backgrounds.
[A pause, as he approaches his real question.]
What can you tell me about the government in the place you came from before this? Both the form of government and, if possible, specific names of leaders.
If it wasn't your original home, I'd be interested in hearing about that, too, even down to what year it was for you.
If you'd prefer to answer privately, that's all right with me. I can promise you my discretion.
Thank you.
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[Well, except for the killing. But mostly it speaks of a world where human lives have shrunk to frequent, repetitive basic decisions about survival.]
This group you were in more recently... did you ever do anything fun?
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[Because his definition is really important to what her answer is going to be.]
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By your own definition. It's subjective, isn't it?
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[That wasn't really fun for her, but it was nice to see Tommy and the others feeling a little lighter.]
And I found a bag of Goldfish in an empty house one time. That was fun.
[Otherwise, nope. No fun.]
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... Or do you mean the cracker?
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The cracker. Why would I eat a bag of real goldfish?
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[That might be a Catastrophe Living joke.]
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She thinks he is. So she nervously laughs, because if only he knew what she's resorted to eating to stay alive.]
I've had worse than a bag of dead house pets.
[She appreciates the gesture of his joking though, so she quickly adds on:]
Have you ever had three year old twinkies from an abandoned gas station? They don't last forever, no matter what everyone says.
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[Although to be honest, some of the things he'd eaten in the care home as a child probably weren't much better.]
What was wrong with the Twinkies?
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[He pauses, then adds,]
Do you know, I really can't think of the last time I had them. I've had an eclair more recently... [eclairs are similar, aren't they?]... but it's been years since I've touched a Twinkie. I can't say whether or not that's a good thing, but I would have been happy to have one when there was nothing else available.
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[She's used to starving and not ever having enough to eat, going days between picking apart scraps of junk food that managed to be discarded or left behind in the initial year of scavenging. Being here so far has allowed her a chance to eat every day, and although she feels healthier now, her body still has a long way to go before it starts showing signs that she's getting proper nutrition.]
Do you think the kitchen here makes eclairs?
[Because that sounds really good right about now.]
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I don't know. I think the ingredients to make pâte à choux and custard are available, but I don't know whether or not anyone has the knowledge or a recipe.
[He remembers now that there's a library here, one that's not as utterly, laughably useless as the one on the Tranquility.]
There may be a cookbook in the library.
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[She scoffs as she says it, because she grew up poor and is lucky to know what an eclair is.]
I do want to check out the library, though. Where is it?
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[But his French pronunciation was correct and effortles; it's almost, but not quite, a twin first language for him.]
The library is near the gardens, on the opposite side from the Mess Hall. You can request directions from the MID and it will get you there. It was closed the last time I went by, however.
[This is not a problem with the library; it's a problem with him attempting to drop in at 10PM.]
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[If so, she has no problem just breaking her way in to look around. It's been way too long since she's gotten to read a book, and now she's excited and wants to find the library ASAP.]
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[The statement is too flat and wry to be defensive.]
The last time I used a library, it was entirely self-serve. The unfortunate thing is that it had almost nothing in it that anyone would want to read.
Tell me what she says.
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[It's been a very long time since he read much for fun. Knowledge, yes, specifically knowledge that might be applicable to a case, but not for the sole purpose of entertaining himself.]
It doesn't have to be War and Peace.
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I'll see what I can do.
[Feeling like she's taken up enough of his time, she tries to awkwardly end the conversation there.]
I'll talk to you soon, okay?
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[He sounds unusually pleasant when he says this. It might be hard to tell whether it's perfunctory, or legitimate gratitude.]