Melodious

Myriad Reality

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If you're staying here, clearly someone cares for your wellbeing.

@Techspert

Mmm… Maybe you could say that, but honestly, when was the last time anyone saw the guys who own this place?

Myriad Reality

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Then you're going to need more reliable allies, quickly. Not that you don't already know that.

@Techspert

Are you going somewhere further with that analysis then?

Myriad Reality

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I see. So it's at the point that the cost is too great for them to help you anymore.

@Techspert

That is definitely, certainly a way to put it.

Myriad Reality

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Exile? Exile how?

@Techspert

Not being welcomed in the family anymore? Or the nation I was born in for that matter.

Myriad Reality

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And they’re not able to help you now?

@Techspert

For obligatory reasons, no. Not since my exile.

Myriad Reality

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*Raises an intrigued eyebrow*
That’s a curious change in tone.

@Techspert

I suppose someone had my back for all those years no one else did. So it wasn’t a total One Woman Versus The World situation.

Myriad Reality

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On your own?

@Techspert

Of course, yeah... Well, kind of.

Myriad Reality

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*Half-smiles*
Not I. No doubt about that. Which puts you in a difficult spot.

@Techspert

I'll live. Proven pretty good at that up until now.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods, and brushes off sand from my clothes that dissolves when it hits the ground*
It is indeed. Can you make friends close enough that quickly?

@Techspert

Who could?

Myriad Reality

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Maybe a better question: Who do you want in your corner?

@Techspert

…Friends. Which I like to think I’ve at least made progress on making some, but it’s one thing to make a friend with someone and another thing to ask someone to back you up in situations so dicey that they’re putting themselves in harm’s way too.