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[closerift]

[ Though she's had her hands on the communication device for months, Cecily still isn't entirely sure how to use it. Not well enough that it's taken her until now to send out a city-wide message, anyway. As a result, though, she texts as if she's writing a letter. ]

Hadriel,
Her name may be 'Delight,' but do not forget that she is one of them. Do not forget all that they have done to us since our arrival and how little they know of us or care for our safety.
Most of all, do not forget the last time that they offered us something edible.
I promise that I am as much in need of a drink as anyone else, but I remember too well what their gift of food did for us, or, rather, to us.
I would not be surprised to find that their bar offers much the same danger.

Be well,
Inquisitor Trevelyan

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[secondreturned]

Yikes!!!

I don't blame you for what you're feeling, but I'd like to help you and your friends. I'm not out to do harm to any of you.

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[wipedclean]

what happened last time

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[mismanagement]

You are aware that these posts are monitored, correct?

[Maketh agrees, of course, but precautions must be taken.]

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[synthedick]

Good advice, though it's something better said under the table than on top of it.

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[closerift]

I thought Rage meant to help us, too.
Do you know what happened?

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[closerift]

They fed us human meat.

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[closerift]

I am.
They are gods. Likely, they can see and hear us everywhere in their city.

[text]

[closerift]

They can do no worse than what they have already done.

[wipedclean]

[Okay he was not expecting that. Even with his compromised morality, that is definitely not okay.]

why?

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[synthedick]

Don't go giving them any ideas.

[closerift]

[ What's less okay is what happened as a result, but she isn't about to go into detail. It's all still very, painfully fresh in her mind. ]

I believe they claim it was an accident.

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[mismanagement]

I don't think so. There are limits. [It's just a matter of defining them.]

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[closerift]

In any event, I expect we have no real privacy here, whether it is on this device or otherwise.

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[closerift]

Then they are not gods.

What do you suspect are the limits of their surveillance?

[wipedclean]

and that's supposed to make it alright?

[Accidents or not, you have to be able to take responsibility for your mistakes, something the soldier knows very well.]

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[mismanagement]

Taking the title does not make it true.

Though they feed on emotion, they cannot read minds. If this was the case, they would understand what makes us tick. They do not.

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[ampliat]

Out of curiosity. For those of us still new to this place.

What did happen the last time we were offered something edible?

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[wormintheglass]

Frankly, if their price for sufficient tequila to numb me is transformation into a monster, I, for one, will take it, Inquisitor dear.

This is not to say I disagree, you understand. But the flesh is sometimes weak.

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[lingeringhope]

You've all been eating food that I provided since you arrived, and no harm has come to you from it. Delight can be trusted, even if Rage and Fear cannot.

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[synthedick]

All the more reason. With some of us exercising caution, they're bound to be in need to new ways to torture us.

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[secondreturned]

I heard.

Rage... she's my friend, but I think it's fair to say that I'm in a better position to help you than she is.

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[dragonbite]

As long as it's not sweets I'm not interested anyway.

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[faithfulwolf]

Last time. It was scary.

[ He's so glad that he doesn't actually haveto eat to survive. ]

[closerift]

Obviously not.
They have no regard for us or for our well-being.

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[closerift]

You are right in that.

But, reading our minds and watching us are not the same thing.