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Once I reach the bottom, I won't need it anymore. I just need whatever force that energy emanates to not contact me when I'm going down.

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I could perfectly insulate you. But not without focusing on your… Physical presence. If that’s good enough for you, then that works. I don’t need to be looking.

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That works. I just... want to let sleeping dogs lie. In my past. And to not drag me down again.

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I won’t ask. As long as you promise you’re not a duplicate Artemis who wants me to turn my back on you, or something.

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*Rolls my eyes*
I promise you on my eternal soul that I will still be there when you turn back.

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I was only joking. Mostly.
*Turns around*
It’s so tense in here. That’s what Isaac would do.
*Closes my eyes with my back turned to you, and you feel cut off from the warmth of the room entirely. In its place, you feel a soothing warmth bubbling up from inside your person*
You’re now getting the me-treatment.
Feel free to go.

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I could get used to this.
*With a swift nod, jumps into the hole, sliding down one of the pipelines*

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*Stands with my back turned, putting my hands on my hips and looking around without looking behind me*

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*As I go down, the energies project an aura outward that would normally react violently with my presence if not for your bubble withholding them*

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That…
*Shakes my head and stands ready, in a stance ready for surprises*

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*After sliding, I hit the bottom with a thud*
Okay, this is the part I really need some privacy for.

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You got it.
*Throws a thumbs up into the air as if you could see it*
Should I stop doing the thing, or…

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If that's necessary.

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And you’ll be okay where you are? I want to be one hundred percent sure.

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I will. I'm safely in the center of all these.

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Okay. Here it goes…
*Releases the effect on you*

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*About a minute after you release it, a heavy slam echoes from within the corridor, followed the strained noise of metal groaning*

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Are you good?!…

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*Little more than silence and a few creaking heaves of metal meet your question*

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*Frowns and stands staring at the wall in front of me as though I were staring through it*