Melodious

Myriad Reality

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*Furrows my eyebrows*
I, um, what?

@Server

Doctor cliché humor. Don’t worry about it. Are you okay with hanging around for a while?

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
Will it be fast enough that I don't starve?

@Server

We won’t let it get that far. It’ll go faster the longer you can stay here and let me examine the problem. And when we’re done, I’ll even send you back with a lollipop!

Myriad Reality

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*My face falls*
Oh... it's a harder fix than I thought.

@Server

Hard-er, but not impossible. Its difficulty is almost entirely just making sure we don’t get you hurt, which I’m sure you’ll appreciate in the long term.

Myriad Reality

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*Taps my temple*
Oh, that makes sense. Do you know what kinds of rules it might have?

@Server

It could vary. It clearly already has at least some, since something like this existing in a person’s body… Wouldn’t be something you find naturally, to say the least. But it could have assigned behaviors entirely centered around regulation and attachment. Or it could also have behaviors assigned toward adhesion, or even self-preservation and systemic defense. That’s going to be something we need to take the time on and work out.
*Raps my fingernails on one hand against the desk in repetition*
It could turn out to be an easy fix, but assuming that’s going to be the case could be dangerous. So I might need you to hang around for a while.

Myriad Reality

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*Taps my fingertips together*
Do you think you might be able to help me?

@Server

I do think so. But first, I want to test the behavior of what’s going on to see if there are any special rules to them. For all intents and purposes, if they are not inherently resistant to interaction, then removing them will actually be incredibly easy. But with stuff made by powers of different folks, you have to take into account special rules that apply to them, so for all intents and purposes I’m going to have to take it slowly and carefully to make sure we don’t trigger any reactions that make things worse.

Myriad Reality

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What would it have meant if I was in a lot of pain?

@Server

*Smiles at you through the window*
A few things. Mainly, it would have meant an operation could be more dangerous than otherwise. But for just about every reason, it’s good that it doesn’t hurt.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*
I'm just very hungry.
*The points seem to be emitting a form of slowly dropping low-energy waves, but nothing else of note*

@Server

That’s good. That bodes well in terms of how much any potential operation might hurt you, short or long term.

Myriad Reality

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At first he was helping me with my hunger. One day he snapped, and it's never been the same.

@Server

*Leans forward and scans all wavelengths to see if there are any unique traces of radiation coming from your body, in particular from these epicenters, harmful or otherwise, and especially focused on thermal output*
Hmm… We can circle back to that, because I’m curious. This should be treatable, though, as long as Mierno hasn’t put any special rules in place with arbitrary ability tomfoolery. Have you experienced any physical pain that you think might stem from this, beyond just hunger pains?

Myriad Reality

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*It appears only twice in my body*
He sets off my hunger, and hasn't been very good to me... Last time I saw him, he put me in a coma.

@Server

*Sits down in a swivel chair, staring in thought at the screen and rotates back and forth slightly, legs crossed and using one ankle as a pivot*
Is that the start of your history or did it begin somewhere else, even before that?

Myriad Reality

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Do you know much about him?
*Any signal emitted by the scan is voided when it comes across the micro-black holes Mierno planted in my body's energy consumption systems*

@Server

Tangentially. We’re not particularly close.
*Tasks the computer to tally the number of points across your body where this phenomenon occurs*
I don’t know him to be a bad person though, at least not on purpose. Do you two not get along?