[quote=@Dynamics]
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I would very much rather you not die.
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I'd appreciate it, too.

[quote=@Threads of Fate]
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Hmpf. Progenitor simply refers to your coming before me. There's nothing special to it. Now, if we can continue. 
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Onwards. *Makes a random portal and beckons us through into empty space, once again with atmospheric bubbles; the next attempt does not fail and we collect the next Codex without exceptional resistance* One after the other. *We go from Codex to Codex, at a rough average of three portals between each*