Memory

Myriad Reality

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*Nods and shifts to a head-shaking motion in a short span*
Not such a unique characteristic, in my relatively very small experience.

@GalaxyRaider

Perhaps not. I have not observed that your kind tends to seek out Tier Five's members, in any case.

Myriad Reality

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I suppose I never would have expected that to be the case. But I know that you know Data isn't even remotely the only one I could be talking about. Just the most prolific example... Admittedly, from a smaller pool now than it was not long ago.

@GalaxyRaider

Those who attempt to ingrain themselves into the affairs of Tier Five tend to not last long.
*Pushes against space, which cracks in a rectangle pattern of light, opening like a door*
Not by our choice, either.

Myriad Reality

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Maybe a little. I've spent so long working on things and being at most a single degree of separation from a lot of your group's work, minor curiosities like that tend to develop. Can't help it.

@GalaxyRaider

Tier Five has no single points of failure but no redundancy. Data interacts with you by choice, but by no means represents the Tier as a whole.

Myriad Reality

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I always wondered how exclusively you guys relied on him, in the handyman department.
*Glances down toward the floor as we walk, and the tone of my voice drops slightly, almost unnoticeably so*
Interesting to know there's some... Overlap in skills.

@GalaxyRaider

Fishing for information?
*The torches flicker and the ground falls away behind us as we walk, tile by tile*

Myriad Reality

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*Waves my hand dismissively*
Not important regardless of even that. I get the message. It's impressive. Data's work?

@GalaxyRaider

*Raises an eyebrow and holds my hands behind my back*
My own.
*The passage gives way to a pale yellow darkness lit by hovering bundles of torch flame radiating along a single corridor, the rest of the maze now out of sight*

Myriad Reality

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*Nods, and then after a moment's pause, raises an eyebrow in realization*
Wa- Well... Actually, nevermind.

@GalaxyRaider

There are better forums for arguing the aptness of an allegory.
*The environment and gravity twists sideways, walking us through several turns of a spiral*

Myriad Reality

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I definitely get it. As long as there’s a steep gap in the complexity to entering proximity of the doomsday artifact.

@GalaxyRaider

Of course. A mousetrap is of little use if the bait is eaten.

Myriad Reality

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What's the end goal with constructions so elaborate? Confusing would-be invaders?

@GalaxyRaider

In effect. You'll notice it was very easy to enter this place—entering is not our concern, if you understand.

Myriad Reality

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Sure thing.
*Adjusts my jacket collar as I walk behind you*

@GalaxyRaider

*As we walk, the addorning walkways flip upside down, leaving us with a sensation of walking upside down ourselves without falling*

Myriad Reality

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Maybe not easily.
*Nods to you as you walk away with your back turned*

@GalaxyRaider

*Waves my hand*
Come, come. I'll show you the way out.