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Myriad Reality

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It doesn’t. Regardless of how she sees Melody, or what she thinks of you, Data still did experiment with souls, we know that. And Melody told us why she was having an identity crisis, and it matches up like a jigsaw puzzle with what she’s saying happened to her. You think that’s coincidence? This sucks. This all really, really sucks, and I don’t want it to be true as much as you do. But we’re never going to fix anything if we turn a blind eye to the things that hurt.

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*Looks down*

@GalaxyRaider

I’m done being a test subject. I’m not giving my soul up for an unfeeling piece of software.

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I don’t think I can aid in this conversation.

@Ignacious

You don’t have to. Are you going to help me?

Myriad Reality

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… We can figure something out. My- my Dad has an ability involving souls…

@GalaxyRaider

*For the first time, stares at you for several moments, thinking it through before finally speaking*
Don't let him touch mine.

Myriad Reality

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“For a while”?

@GalaxyRaider

*The armor falls away*
I don't intend to be her prisoner forever.

Myriad Reality

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Your mom is still your mom, no matter what she thinks about what happened to her. And you are still you. But despite opinions formed by experience, I can’t imagine any lies about the events she describes specifically.

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And you won’t continue to lord it over our heads after this would be done? You’d stick to your word?

@GalaxyRaider

I can do better than that. You can also have Melody back, at least for a while.

Myriad Reality

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How do I really know you can actually do it?

@GalaxyRaider

If I can use it, you know I can give you the keys to it. Removing it isn’t much harder.

Myriad Reality

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Mm…

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That’s a bold thing to say. You think any of Data’s enemies have been tracking specifically our endeavors here in your home and waited until we were close to figuring out everything to step in? Seems like an odd thing for someone to do.

@GalaxyRaider

So there’s the trade offer. I’ll remove the backdoor if you help me remove that horror show.

Myriad Reality

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Why wouldn’t I?

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Groundwork set for expectations. I have to know, what were we going to find if we ignored you and followed the program’s beam?
*Points up*

@GalaxyRaider

The place you and Melody both joined together to save a city. Soul Purge’s beacon woke me up.

Myriad Reality

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Reasonable. Just not what I expected.

@GalaxyRaider

I’m not delusional about my limits. This is about as far as I can go right now.

Myriad Reality

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Nothing inherently wrong with it. For such an important thing, though, I imagined you’d be a lot more concerned with permanence.

@GalaxyRaider

I don’t believe in throwing away something good for an uncertain perfect.

Myriad Reality

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Of course. But long time doesn’t mean never. What we’re talking about is a temporary solution to your problem.

@GalaxyRaider

What’s so wrong with that?