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[hornrims]

[The habit of staying in hiding runs deep, and Richie is uncomfortable with broadcasting his face or voice over the network. In general he doesn't like the idea of the network but now he's getting desperate. It's been nearly a month that he's been here and still no sign of his brother. He had been standing right next to Seth before this. It didn't make sense.]

Right before you came here, were you with anyone? Did any of them come with you?

Has anyone been here a while before someone you knew turned up? How long did that take?

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[64th]

Well there was technically maid service.

[ she expects to butt heads with Richie repeatedly in the future, but it doesn't mean they can't be civil occasionally. ]

Yes. It feels like part of me is missing. Home isn't safe anyway. [ Gloss is dead, and so is she. but if she can have a second chance here... ]

[hornrims]

I feel the same about Seth. I know it's a shitty thing to wish on somebody. But it doesn't feel right. You know it in your gut.

[64th]

We'd be happier if we were together, no matter how shitty things are.

Well. You know how it is.

[ and now she has a sad. so she's going to change the subject. ]

There were others from my home here. But they're gone now.

[hornrims]

Lucky them.

[He's feeling a little deflated and not much interested in hassling Cashmere anymore for the moment.]

[64th]

Yeah. I guess.

[ depends on how you look at it. some of the might be dead now. she doesn't know. even if they aren't, they didn't go home to anything good. ]

Makes me wonder why they went away and I didn't.

[hornrims]

Some things have reasons. Some things don't. But I don't think you'd be here if you couldn't stick it out.

[64th]

[ was that... a compliment? ]

I'm a survivor. You're right about that.

[hornrims]

[It's a noncommittal statement. She shouldn't think about it too hard.]

There has to be some kind of endgame. This place has rules, even if we can't see them right now.

[And the endgame is when they'd see their respective family members. Otherwise what was the point?]