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[fifthreturned]

All right, folks. We saw what the Null you guys are hiding said - and hey, maybe not the best idea, you know? They're kind of trying to murder us all. But as it turns out, at least some of what it said is accurate. But that doesn't mean it all is, and believe me, the Null are more than smart enough to use half-truths to mess with you - to mess with all of us.

So we're pretty divided on this, to say the least. A lot of us think it's stupid to listen to anything a Null said, since again, they're kind of trying to murder us all. But some of us are willing to try it, since you'd be on the line instead of us (not super nice, but hey) and then Hope pointed out that some of you are already trying to find ways to cross the waters and go searching.

Also probably not a great idea to do that on your own, but y'know, he's the one who'll have to resurrect you, not me.

Long story short, since our opinions are pretty divided, we figured we'd let you weigh in, and as I'm the most neutral, I get to listen.

Convince me that we should go search using the information the Null gave us, and we'll provide crafts for you to use. Or convince me it's a terrible idea, and we won't.

Man, I'm already tired just thinking about it. Not too long-winded, okay? Go.

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[fifthreturned]

Hah! I don't really lose my temper that often. I just kinda get tired instead.

The pros for us helping you... well, if the fragments are really there, we'll get them back faster than we would otherwise. If we don't listen to the Null, we'll have to take time to do our own investigation before anyone could even start looking for them. Using this info is potentially much fast.

Of course, the con is that it could all be false, and dangerous to boot.

[redwinekindofgirl]

[He won't know it, but he just made her smile. It's the first real smile she's had in weeks.]

Hah, I get that. Sometimes you just have to sigh at all the shit and let it pass you by, right?

Mmm... they definitely lie? Because they were telling us they don't, but they also put a hit out on me for telling them that asking us to murder kids was sick, so I don't really have much reason to trust in anything they say.

[fifthreturned]

You got it. Always better than getting worked up.

They can lie and deceive, but they're very logical thinkers. They don't do it unless there's a real good reason. I think something like this would probably count.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Already tried that, anyway.

Is it possible it doesn't know it can lie? I mean, you say they do and they say they don't, one of you must be wrong.

[fifthreturned]

I don't know. It's broken, right? It probably doesn't know a lot of stuff. Anyway, there's a pretty big difference between being unable to lie and choosing not to lie. The Null were never big liars, but they could do it if they needed to.

Or maybe it's better to say that they don't have much of a concept of honesty or sticking to their word. They can say one thing, and mean that thing, but if circumstances change they have no problem going back on what they said.

[redwinekindofgirl]

So it's kind of like... telling the truth as it is in that moment, but if the circumstances change, then so does the truth?

[fifthreturned]

Pretty much, yeah. Though they're capable of straight-out lying if they need to, they usually don't.

[redwinekindofgirl]

So why tell us they don't? What do they get out of it?

[fifthreturned]

I don't know. Since we couldn't really read their conversations with you, it's pretty hard to get a read on what they're thinking.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Wish I could show you, but they blocked me when I told them to get fucked.

[fifthreturned]

Well, the skinny is, they're definitely capable of lying, they just don't see any reason to most of the time. If anyone said anything else, they're mistaken.