PC: Kyoko

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Okay, point taken. I guess I was trying to figure out just how accurate our hint today was. [ starcrossed lovers... ]

[factoring]

We already talked about it. He turned me down.

[It was kind, all things considered.]

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[ jesus you really have had a terrible time here. ]

...sorry. That wasn't really my business but...that does suck, even if he did it nicely.

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It's alright. I think it works out better this way. We're from different worlds and I have a lot I need to finish at home.

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I don't know if I agree, exactly. [ thoughtfully. ] I mean not about the Wolfwood thing specifically, I mean as an argument for being close to someone like that. Even if you come from different worlds and have things to finish...I don't know. I feel like there's a lot to be said about having that kind of closeness in a time of crisis. I mean again, not that it matters, but....[ what DO you mean jonas. ]

...even when we figure out what to do and you get to go back home, I don't know if having work to do is a good excuse not to try again later with someone else.

[factoring]

[ I really only liked Wolfwood that way. ]

You sound like Shu, a little bit. [ For the time he was sitting with her during trial. ] Circumstances change. Maybe then I'll consider it.

[westedge]

I will maybe take that as a compliment, if only because I like Shu. [ hah. ] Circumstances change. People change. There's...things I would have never considered before that I might now. And things I've considered that I won't now.

Change is kind of inevitable. But it still kind of sucks sometimes.

[factoring]

[ I hope those are good things for you. ]

Change comes and people change. Sometimes for the better and sometimes not. It's still interesting to watch.

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[ he hums to that thought. ]

What do you qualify as interesting in this case?

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I enjoy plants and evolution within people.

For example... people who don't trust themselves into people who fully trust in their own decisions and capabilities.

[westedge]

[ why does this feel sort of pointed...]

Those kind of people feel rare. I can see why you'd find them interesting.

[factoring]

[ I'm thinking of a teenager at home. ]

It's nice to watch.

[westedge]

How's that going for them? And you, I guess. Since you're observing.

[factoring]

It's good. There's something satisfying in watching her become a leader.

[westedge]

Is she one of the ones helping you save those two worlds?

[factoring]

She is.

I've been lucky when it comes to my assistant's associates.

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[ ... there isn't a lot of time left. and he doesn't want to think of his last conversation with her as being nothing but sad. so. ]

Tell me more about them? Your assistant and their associates.

[factoring]

My assistant, first. My dear Watson. It's a funny story with her. She happened to pop out in Shibuya Crossing looking like an error code. Somehow her mental data split off from her physical body and could act independently.

We were working to figure out how to fix that glitch.

[westedge]

...why does that kind of sound like...I don't know. A cyber ghost? [ wait. ] Wait what's not the ghost you actually employed, is it?

[factoring]

Something like a half-cyber body.

This is not the ghost.

[westedge]

[ concerning. ]

Did you ever figure out that particular glitch? Or is she still kinda split up? [ why is the ghost a different thing. ]

[factoring]

[I'm very busy.]

I know how to solve it... but we need to take care of the time travel first.

[westedge]

Are the two things actually connected? Or both of them showed up independently?

[factoring]

A bit connected. The Eaters, the thing that possessed my assistant's friend, devour mental data. Her is in a bizarre state because of her half-cyber body.

Solving one allows me to solve the other.

[westedge]

The...Eaters. [ sounds wild, frankly. ] Sounds like you have your work cut out for you in any case. Even with a half-cyber body making it a little more disjointed.