fourth. text.

[torrefied]

In the interest of having it completed some time this century, I'm taking over the project to create a guide document for new arrivals.

[And he's starting it from scratch, no thanks to Chris.]

If you can tear yourselves away from telling ghost stories long enough to reply, I'm interested to know what information you found most helpful when you first arrived, as well as what you would have liked to know sooner rather than later.

Comments

[scarletcast]

Then, yes.

[torrefied]

Are you typically an indecisive person?

[scarletcast]

What entitles you to the truth?

[torrefied]

I asked nicely.

[scarletcast]

[ She chuckles. ]

And I do not trust you. Nothing personal.

[torrefied]

[She has a good point.]

That's fine. Some people would probably say you're smart not to trust people here, in fact.

[Mello himself would be one of them.]

[scarletcast]

Smart, perhaps, and easier not to. It is its own kind of cowardice.

[torrefied]

It's not cowardly to survive.

[scarletcast]

Perhaps not to you.

[ She'd rather have died in that falling city with her brother. ]

[torrefied]

In the place where I'm from, survival is a form of resistance. You may not agree with me, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

[scarletcast]

It does not.

It only makes us different.

[torrefied]

Yeah. It sure does.

[scarletcast]

Thank you for doing this, in any case. It is a much needed resource.

[torrefied]

It's necessary, and someone needs to do it. It may as well be me. You don't have to thank me for it.

[He's entirely unaccustomed to hearing those words, and it leaves him feeling uncomfortable for their foreignness.]