video;

[fadeling]

[The angle of the video is strange--Cole's not too great with technology and to be honest, he's mostly been avoiding it. For the most part he just looks...confused. Everything was so dark here most of the time and while he can't complain about the brighter tone, he still isn't sure that he trusts it.]

Is it too bright? I can't tell.

[Cryptic as always, it seems. He may not even know that he's being recorded.]

Defeated darkness, driving and driven, but now it's bright and burning.

[Confusing. The entire world is confusing outside the Fade. And this place is even more so.

But after a moment he looks down at the camera, still looking a little lost. But then, doesn't he always?]

Is it helping?

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[fadeling]

Yes. And everything else, too. It's...different. But I can't tell if it's better.

[closerift]

If what's better, the... Things in general?

[ Nothing really seems better in her mind. ]

[fadeling]

Yes. Maybe. But maybe them, too.

[closerift]

Them?

[ Best just to ask, with him. She smiles, almost apologetic. ]

Sorry. For all the... questions.

[fadeling]

It's alright. I don't mind.

Them. The people who put it there. That think they're gods to give a grand game but only glance at their pieces.

[closerift]

I think they do more than glance. They manipulate us all the time.

[ Would that they didn't. ]

[fadeling]

They can because they don't look so they don't care.

[closerift]

Even if they 'looked,' I don't think they would care.

[ Just a guess, though. ]

[fadeling]

It's harder not to care if you see.

[closerift]

[ Always so poignant, Cole. ... And right.

She sighs. ]

How do we get them to see, then?

[fadeling]

I don't know. We have to big enough that they don't ignore.

[closerift]

[ Hmm. Her lips twitch at a smile. ]

I think we can manage that, don't you?

[fadeling]

Yes. If we can try enough.