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Thats the hope.

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You can't blame me for curiosity. Especially for a social structure like this one.

@Artifact

*Wanders meekly toward the entrance of the lab of Data’s I’m familiar with*

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Right.
*Waves*
We’ll see you lot here tomorrow?

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It really isa case by case thing. Intent matters a lot, among other things.

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Intent, huh? How's that?

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Like if someone is trying to be a jerk or not.

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*Steps outside at the same time, nearly bumping into you and dropping a stack of papers a quarter of my height*
Oh no, I'm so sorry!
*Kneels down to pick them up as a few blow away into the distant canyons*

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So if they mean well, even if it'd be something you wouldn't otherwise put up with?

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Oh!
*The ground glows with a mild brown light, anchoring the papers down as if they have more weight*
Sorry! I didn’t expect anyone to be here right now. Much less someone actually using the door…

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There are other factors. But whether it’s meant or not is just one of the more important ones. It’s a lot of things, just like any social group you’d think of.

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It's no trouble—really, it's my fault.
*Starts stacking them up in a few separate piles*
Is there something I can help you with?

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I was coming to check on Data. Zoey asked me to, said she had a “twang in her gut” that something might be wrong.

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You should let her know that she has great intuition.
*Finishes stacking the remaining papers, which have uneven zig-zags of lines drawn across their left side*
Most of dad's labs are on low-power, autonomous mode, which means that something isn't going well.

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*Glances down at them for just a moment*
Most of them?

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Some are too important to cut off their magical energy supply, so I'm stationed at those to make sure everything works the way it's supposed to.

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How’d you know you were needed at those? Automated message of some kind?…
*Shakes my head*
And this also means he’s not okay?

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You can tell when they've locked down, and one of me goes to the labs often enough to know. But to answer your question, I'm afraid I don't know. It just means that whatever happened, he can't control the labs, and took most of their magic supply with him.

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That much I can see. It gets interesting since deadly force isn't off the table, so knowing where that line travels can tell an important story.

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*Frowns*
So he’s in hiding then? I hope he’s okay.
*Mutters*
I feel like it should be obvious to us if a really horrible fate happened to him…

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*The corners of my lips turn down*
The systems here are so convoluted, it's really hard to tell what he is or isn't doing. I at least know that the magic used to power these labs is still out there somewhere. I couldn't tell you much beyond that, though.

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Well I can say with confidence that I think he’s alright… In case there were any doubts anyway.