Server

Myriad Reality

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Hurting him isn’t on my agenda.

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Now we’re on the same page.

@GalaxyRaider

...
*Stays quiet*

Myriad Reality

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Because for the first time, a path to fixing everything is somewhat clear. And the cost is genuinely negligible to the gain.

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I imagine the sooner things happen, the better in your case.

@GalaxyRaider

*Crosses my arms*
I hate this. I hate all of this.

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

If she’s telling the truth, then how does any of it matter anyway? Her view of the world is a hopeless dead end.

Myriad Reality

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No, I don’t agree with her opinions. At all. I’ve already expressed as much. But in terms of this being the result of Data’s experimentation? Does that really even sound too out of character for him? Can you really think that?
*Pauses*
Besides, I need to help you get better…

@GalaxyRaider

How can you stand there and agree with everything she says, except "oh, I still disagree in this one small area"? Her whole story hinges on her word on souls being true.

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

So you agree with her?? You think I’m not actually alive?

Myriad Reality

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How much of what she’s said hasn’t made sense?

@GalaxyRaider

None of the important parts! Everything about souls and programs, all of it is garbage! There’s no way that’s mom, and she doesn’t know anything about me.

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

Who cares how they did it? Are you hearing the kind of stuff she’s saying??

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

She’s clearly insane! This is some kind of trick by one of Data’s enemies to take advantage of us.

Myriad Reality

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Reasonable. Just not what I expected.

@GalaxyRaider

Forget that, you’re actually listening to her?? This is absurd.

Myriad Reality

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She was only ever an unfeeling collection of programs that hooked into my soul like a parasite. Data used me to give those ones and zeroes the appearance of a soul, but she was no more alive—
*Motions to Tempo and Rhythm*
—than either of these two are. And faced with that reality, it's no wonder it couldn't recover from that kind of error state.

@Meta

*Surprise and anger flash across my face before being replaced by a crushed expression*
I don't believe you.