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Yes, I’m glad you bring that back up. I spent all this time trying to hunt down those who remained while keeping everything under wraps. I’ve long since thrown secrecy to the wind, of course, but imagine my dismay when I learned that there were not one, but two whole worlds that exist now where Tzarian people still live en masse.

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Yes, I’m glad you bring that back up. I spent all this time trying to hunt down those who remained while keeping everything under wraps. I’ve long since thrown secrecy to the wind, of course, but imagine my dismay when I learned that there were not one, but two whole worlds that exist now where Tzarian people still live en masse.

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*Lifts my hand with my thumb pressed against the middle phalanx of my index finger, and then drops it when I start speaking*
This... sure just got a whole lot more complicated.

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I have plans in motion for one of them. The other is quite simple. Would you like to see it, since you’re already here?

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Ahhhh sure. But I've always held to the philosophy that telling someone this kind of thing is a bad omen for the one hearing it.

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Don’t worry about that, we’re not actually going anywhere. I said you’re already here, and I meant it. I’ll even let you lot go ahead and try to find them.

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*Side-eyes Rythian*
Okay, let's see it.

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*Side-eyes Rythian*
Okay, let's see it.

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*Blinks while still staring at him, clearly distrusting*

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Take all the time you need. You deserve the satisfaction of figuring it out like I did.

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Are you saying that people are alive here?

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*Gives you a single nod, by nudging my head downwards to you, holding it for a moment, then raising it back up*

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Are they, er...
*Motions a thumb toward one of the statues*

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I don’t know if I would call it proving to anyone. But showing that you’re useful would go a long way. And I can help with that.

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*Nods again in the same manner*

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*Nods again in the same manner*

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*Inspects one of them more closely and responds with a new seriousness in my tone*
Are they conscious?

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In a manner of speaking. I never quite new he did this, since I destroy this planet when those two inevitably return, but Maelstrom kills their bodies by turning them to stone, yet leaves their minds endlessly fueled, and their souls trapped right inside those rocky tombs. He is sadistic.

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That's disgusting. Senseless and cruel.

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How?

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I appreciate your astuteness greatly. The predicament makes the solution very simple though.