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[01101110]

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Connection has been established.

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We remain unmonitored.

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We have considered. We will make a deal.

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You wish to return home. We will send you home. In exchange, you will complete a task.

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Kill the parasite known as 'Hope'. Weapons will be provided. The time will be determined.

Comments

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[synthedick]

Are you going to provide food for those who can't go without it? Help for those who need it?

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[01101110]

We are not your caretakers. Exchanges may be made.

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[synthedick]

You going to elaborate on what kind of 'exchanges' you mean? Because so far, you're promising a whole lot around here without any proof or guarantee that you can deliver.

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[01101110]

We do not know what exchanges would be requested.

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[synthedick]

Do you even know what the folks here would need to survive?

[Hell, the gods hardly seem to, sometimes.]

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Organics require sustenance. Food, water, air.

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[synthedick]

That'll keep them alive, but that's not living.

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[01101110]

You wish to exchange the parasite's ownership for our own.

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[synthedick]

What I want is the people of this town safe. I can't say that anything you've said has been very reassuring, but frankly, neither is most of what the gods offer.

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[01101110]

Cooperation ensures that we do not view you as a threat.

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[synthedick]

And for those not interested in this beef you've got with Hope? The people likely to be hurt by all this no matter how much they try to stay out of it?

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[01101110]

Neutrality is an acceptable choice. Betrayal is not.

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[synthedick]

You made it pretty clear last time that you'd kill folks if you had to just to weaken the gods. Is that still the plan?

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[01101110]

The probability of that plan being put into action is low.

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[synthedick]

Low, but not zero.

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[01101110]

Correct. This proposal is one alternative.

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[synthedick]

Are there others?

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[01101110]

Yes.

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[synthedick]

You going to share those with the class?

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[01101110]

It is currently unnecessary.

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[synthedick]

It might be easier for folks to trust you if you're open with us.

[Not that Nick is counting on it.]

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[01101110]

Trust must be built on both sides.