[IC] Myriad Reality

[whizzball1]

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You have a building, for starters.

@Source

Well, if we didn't, how would any of us know where to meet each other?

[Source]

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Well, if we didn't, how would any of us know where to meet each other?

@whizzball1

How do most people meet each other?

[whizzball1]

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How do most people meet each other?

@Source

Perhaps I misspoke; I mean that having this central location gives us a place to find each other and get to know each other a little more spontaneously. You never know which of the team you're going to see, here, so you gradually get closer to everybody.

[Source]

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Perhaps I misspoke; I mean that having this central location gives us a place to find each other and get to know each other a little more spontaneously. You never know which of the team you're going to see, here, so you gradually get closer to everybody.

@whizzball1

You just called it a team, though.

[whizzball1]

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You just called it a team, though.

@Source

We call ourselves by many names. Some of them are slightly self-contradictory, but that doesn't necessarily invalidate any of them.

[Source]

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We call ourselves by many names. Some of them are slightly self-contradictory, but that doesn't necessarily invalidate any of them.

@whizzball1

Like what?

[whizzball1]

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Like what?

@Source

Team. Group. Friends. Group of heroes with no particular organisation or structure. Group of loosely connected people who are gradually becoming friends. Et cetera.

[Source]

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Team. Group. Friends. Group of heroes with no particular organisation or structure. Group of loosely connected people who are gradually becoming friends. Et cetera.

@whizzball1

Some of those are pretty different.

[whizzball1]

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Some of those are pretty different.

@Source

They certainly are. But they are not quite incompatible. Labels are just labels, not statements of fact, and you often need to hear more than one of them to find out what a person or a group really thinks about itself.

[Source]

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They certainly are. But they are not quite incompatible. Labels are just labels, not statements of fact, and you often need to hear more than one of them to find out what a person or a group really thinks about itself.

@whizzball1

*Shrugs*
More perspectives, I guess.

[whizzball1]

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*Shrugs*
More perspectives, I guess.

@Source

Right, right, very perceptive. Well, have you had your fill of this serene scene?

[Source]

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Right, right, very perceptive. Well, have you had your fill of this serene scene?

@whizzball1

I'd say so.

[whizzball1]

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I'd say so.

@Source

Off to the lounge, then—unless you'd like to list needs you think we might have and I can show you how we fulfil them.

[Source]

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Off to the lounge, then—unless you'd like to list needs you think we might have and I can show you how we fulfil them.

@whizzball1

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

[whizzball1]

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I'm not sure what you mean by that.

@Source

Merely a reason to explore non-aimlessly. Or you can return to your castle.

[Source]

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Merely a reason to explore non-aimlessly. Or you can return to your castle.

@whizzball1

I'll probably do that. Wouldn't want to keep her waiting.

[whizzball1]

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I'll probably do that. Wouldn't want to keep her waiting.

@Source

Then we shall go back to the base. I assume she has some way of taking you back?

[Source]

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Then we shall go back to the base. I assume she has some way of taking you back?

@whizzball1

Yeah, she gave me a tether.

[whizzball1]

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Yeah, she gave me a tether.

@Source

Very good. *We get to the elevator pad again and I take us up to the hallway and lead you back to the lounge* Well done on your task. You have successfully checked on Shinji and ensured his safety!