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Myriad Reality

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She didn’t just try. But yeah, it took a lot of courage to step up and face her past like that.

@Audacious

*Nods*
You're right, I'm sorry. She did a very brave thing. I don't think she'll tell you what it took to work up the nerve in the first place, but I expect her to be surprised that she ever gained consciousness again.

Myriad Reality

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Artemis’s condition? It’s rough, to say the least…

@Audacious

She was trying to help you. That was hard for her.

Myriad Reality

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*Smiles*

Fair enough.

*Once everyone is on their side of the wall, I press another button and it slowly lowers, cutting off sight to the other half*

Sound should still travel just fine, despite the barrier, so hopefully nobody gets bothered by us potentially talking through steps.

@Yatagarasu

I would love to listen. Please do.

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You know what? Completely fair, and correct.

@Audacious

If you don't mind me asking, I can only imagine it was a pretty bad sight? I noticed the cloth.

Myriad Reality

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Alright, I'm going to have the active part of the room separated from the rest, so everybody who isn't operating doesn't have to experience the next part with their senses.

*Walks over to a keypad and presses some of the buttons, causing a large wall to lower slightly above the middle of the room*

I'll lower that fully once everyone's in place. Stella, are you okay with continuing to help? You've done great so far, but I don't want to make you keep working if you don't want to.

@Yatagarasu

*Orients myself with the table and moves to the other side of the wall*

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She was saying things along those lines, yeah. Not an… Insulated opinion, I see.

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*Scurries lackadaisically under the wall to the opposite end of the room*

@Audacious

He is our dad after all. He's the best at everything to me.

Myriad Reality

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Welcome to the club, there. We can help each other to try maximize how not in the way we are.

@Audacious

*My mouth dimples at the joke*
You're in very good hands. Dad is the best there is, and Stella's been helping him for many years now. She's become a little expert in her own right.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t mind if no one else does. We’re the intruders anyway.

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I-
*Hesitates and changes course*
You are right about that.

@Audacious

*Smiles and takes a chair to sit*
I'll be as unobtrusive as I can be.

Myriad Reality

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It’s definitely better than a false hope. Thank you again, Miss Dawn.

@Audacious

*Curtsies*
It's my pleasure to help you. If it's okay with everyone, I would certainly like to stay and keep you company.

Myriad Reality

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I hoped there was a chance we’d be able to go back and find her reading a book in the living room… At least we know she’s got a good shot here either way.

@Audacious

Sometimes a painful truth is better than a hopeful unknown. I think so, anyway.

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs*
Okay, it’s good to know that with confidence. Thank you.

@Audacious

*Nods*
Mhm, as hard as I'm sure it is to hear that your real, true friend isn't doing well.

Myriad Reality

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*Keeps a hold on you in case you fall*

@Yatagarasu

*Rubs my arms again to warm up*
Okay. I got it.

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*Nods*
Of course. You clearly have some history in the big, wide world out there.
*Raises my hands up next to my head*
But that’s not my concern.

@Audacious

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Well... yeah.

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What does that mean?

@Legend

She's the same friend you remember. The two of you have a long history.