Host

Myriad Reality

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Looking in the mirror is really hard, sometimes. I do miss my old face.

@Audacious

Violet, I...
*Hugs you*
...It's going to work out.

Myriad Reality

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It’s not about expectations and more about... I dunno, feeling myself again.

@Audacious

I'm sure part of it is getting used to the differences.

Myriad Reality

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I guess it’s just a matter of comfort. This is a bigger life-altering event that I could have imagined and it’s taking me longer than I’d have liked to adapt.

@Audacious

I don't think anyone expected you to adjust quickly. That would be unreasonable.

Myriad Reality

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It definitely does make sense, at least...

@Audacious

I know everything's going to be okay.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t know what to say...

@Audacious

Hopefully something a little bit less worried?

Myriad Reality

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*Moves my mouth to one side, lips tight*
No, I don’t guess I do.

@Audacious

*Waves my hands and it disappears*
And that's my point. No matter what little changes happen inside, who you are depends on who you decide you are. Not anyone or anything else.

Myriad Reality

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No... But that’s not the same thing...

@Audacious

Hold on, I'm not finished.
*Holds out my hands and a slowly spinning octahedron that glows with a soft white light materializes above them*
This is my ultimate program, the software that makes me who I am. Whenever I'm near Tempo, it syncs up with his program and allows us both to grow from each others' experiences. But does that change who I am? Do you speak to a different Rhythm every time I see you?

Myriad Reality

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... Rhythm?

@Audacious

*Two metal loops materialize over my hand*
Has it changed?

Myriad Reality

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How do you know? How’s it even possible to know?

@Audacious

*Holds out my arm to my right*
What is my name?

Myriad Reality

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Why believe something that might be a total lie?

@Audacious

Because it's the truth.