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[mrngstr]

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Comments

[mrngstr]

Well, you still haven't really explained how you intend to do that.

[inherited]

And you haven't told me what you need help with.

[mrngstr]

My primary goal is to keep all of you safe long enough to make sure you get back to where you're supposed to be. This world needs less people in it, not more.

That may sound cruel, but it's also the truth.

[inherited]

You know there are people who wanna stay.

[mrngstr]

I know. And I won't force any of you to leave. But those who want to go home should have that option.

[inherited]

You never wanted our help? For any of us to join Morningstar? That's what I'm starting to think.

[mrngstr]

Aren't you kind of putting words in my proverbial mouth? If you want to help, help. But I'm not used to delegating.

[ Zeir used to people who are a bit more proactive. ]

[inherited]

See, I thought you'd give me some kind of recruitment spiel, but that isn't how this has gone.

And I do think you need some help still. Maybe you're not used to asking for it.

[mrngstr]

No, not really. Others usually handled recruitment.

[inherited]

Well, I want you to handle mine.

[mrngstr]

Fine.

For now, focus on looking out for the other Displaced. I'm sure you've seen how reckless they can be. If a more specific task comes up, I'll be in touch.

[inherited]

I'll keep an eye on them and try to make sure they think twice before making mistakes like the ones we're all too familiar with. You can count on that.

[mrngstr]

All right. It's a place to start.

[inherited]

Let's just hope they listen to what we have to say.

[mrngstr]

In my experience, you don't want to count on that with humans.

[inherited]

Did it seem like Cassius wanted to listen to you or anybody else?

[mrngstr]

No.

But there was something off about him, too.

[inherited]

What, so he's not supposed to kill thousands of people?

[mrngstr]

No. He had a different purpose. Something's changed.

[inherited]

Sorry. That was sarcasm. I know something went wrong.

Have you ever seen someone like you sound glitched like that?

[mrngstr]

AIs can be hacked into, their programs and protocols rewritten. But Dawn was self-aware, sentient, his own being. It doesn't feel like it could be something as simple as that.

[inherited]

It looked glitched. All the repeating code. I'm not very good at that stuff, sorry.

Was he your friend before?

[mrngstr]

I don't know if friend is the right word. We shared things in common, as sentient AI who didn't want anything to do with the war.

[inherited]

We need to figure out what happened to him.

[mrngstr]

Yeah, tell me something I don't know.

He knows how to hide.