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We may call upon help from crew that may be more familiar, but... I am likely not trained enough to read whatever processes that run in the nanites. [ So, yeah. Io might have to do that while she watches. ] That's right.

[egodist]

[io mod having to deal with me later.... this is fine.....]

And how did you become...




A witch?

[dropoffs]

[ doctors suffer the most never play a doctor ] I was always a witch.

[egodist]

And what is your role and responsibilities as a... witch.

[dropoffs]

Currently, my role and responsibility is to take care of my master. I act as her guide through the cycle of reincarnation.

[egodist]

How many times have you met your master?

[dropoffs]

Five lifetimes.

[egodist]

And is this all you hope for out of your existence?

What do you get out of it?

[dropoffs]

That's right. It's all I could ever ask for. Do you have a desire, Mister Brofiise? An ambition?

[egodist]

To break the so-called curse that plagues the island of Arpéchéle.

[it is the only desire he has, really]

[dropoffs]

The curse of death... How familiar. [ I typed cheese of death at first. ] Is there a personal reason why? Or is this altruism for your people?

[egodist]

[cheese of death... that's how nat goes out]

I hate being mistaken for an altruist.

[it's such a nice think to be mistaken for but scien just looks offended]

[dropoffs]

I don't think that would be beyond you. [ She thinks it would be very neat to have a fuzzy wuzzy gap moe. ] Augmented or changed, everyone is capable.

[egodist]

Capable, yes, but that is not me. I am tired of being mistaken for a saint.

[he said in the first trial... he is trying to be a funky lil human now... he's not very good at it but an attempt is there]

There is no personal reason. Perhaps you could say it was my father and grandfather's research, but I mostly took it up because I was bored.

Now, I persist in it because I may be the only one capable of breaking the curse. That is my responsibility.

[dropoffs]

Altruism isn't something only for saints, Mister Brofiise. [ But his choice is his choice. She thinks it's a fine answer, anyway. ] Legacy and destiny... How interesting. I wonder what future you envision after the curse is broken. [ Taps her chin. ] Have you made progress before you arrived here? Or perhaps here? Though I suppose you don't have the equipment to continue research.

[egodist]

Then I am neither a saint nor an altruist.

[never....]

I found a promising lead before I arrived. If I do not return, they will simply make my next Reliver and make sure the task is done. I was interested in collecting blood samples and suppose I still am...

But I have shifted my priorities.

[dropoffs]

[ She listens politely like a good maid. ] To return?

[egodist]

To identify what took ahold of me.

[dropoffs]

And if you don't like the answer?

[egodist]

What would an example of an answer I wouldn't like?

If it turns out that there's nothing tangible to be angry with, and just a malfunction of technology?