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[determinedest]

[Ah. They've overstepped their bounds.

Clearly.

It should be disconcerting, the way their first instinct is the familiar chime of * In my way. She has ceased to be useful. Panicking, most likely. And then there's the thrill of empathy, of worry, of concern. They force it down, back, away. It isn't contributing properly.]

Never mind. Forget I said anything.

[They could ERASE this conversation from her memory, maybe. That's a possibility. Reach for their latest LOAD.]

Sorry to worry you.

8) 8) 8) 8)

[sciencelizard]

[It takes her a while to compose herself long enough to reply.]

its ok you didnt know
theres just
theres a lot that happened in the underground
before you were there

sometimes its better if it
stays there
you know

[determinedest]

Of course. Don't worry about it.

[Too patient maybe? Too even-tempered?

Ah well. Their last LOAD glimmers temptingly but it's situated far back - too far for them to feel much like repeating the same actions over again. They don't feel like trying to trick Chara out of their own suicide attempt a second time, especially since Chara won't fall for it a second time.

So they leave it at that.]