Host

Myriad Reality

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I commend it. Before today, it’s something I’d be jealous of.

@Audacious

I would have to be him to start to understand. As I am, it doesn't click for me.

Myriad Reality

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I can’t speak for him, again. But he didn’t just confine himself, he put a lot into hiding and protecting all this. It was probably just out of care. Or dare I say love?

@Audacious

*In a hushed tone*
A pointless exercise. This is what it got him.

Myriad Reality

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I can’t speak for him. All I know, is that a person like that is defined by ambition. A tiny workspace could never be enough for long.

@Audacious

Why did he confine himself to this prison?

Myriad Reality

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Guess I’m not surprised. The guy is an interdimensional adventurer who retired, right? Someone like that will need a big space to play, even if they hermit themselves away.

@Audacious

*Stares at the map and mumbles, almost to myself*
He'd eventually run into limits of planetary physics... He's shown a willingness to extend into atypical materials, but also an aversion to risk. Curious...

Myriad Reality

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I’m banking on that. So how much of a shortcut did that end up being?

@Audacious

*Points to a facility on the other side of the map*
It let us skip crossing the chasm, at least. This lab is deeper than I originally anticipated.

Myriad Reality

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… Right.

@Audacious

I don't have a death wish, so with any luck, we won't have to make that choice.
*Intently looks at the high-level map of the facility*

Myriad Reality

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I’ll drag you if need be. Leaving you isn’t an option.

@Audacious

Don't let me be the reason we fail today. You know that.

Myriad Reality

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I was hopeful. It would have been a massive help.

@Audacious

*Leans against a door to catch my breath*
It's okay. I have a high pain tolerance. If I start to hold us back, leave me behind.

Myriad Reality

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No chance all that nonsense fixed your ribs, did it?

@Audacious

*Shifts the flesh of my lower abdomen marginally upward and winces in extreme agony*
Not at all. That would have been nice.

Myriad Reality

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… Thank you?

@Audacious

You're welcome. I'm glad we found that room; the strategy time was useful.