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[lingeringfear]

[There's something distinctly different about Fear when he turns the video on this time. He seems even less human than normal, not breathing, not blinking, as if he's forgotten how to manipulate his form so that it actually appears lifelike.

He manages to move his mouth as he speaks, but the motion doesn't quite sync up with the words echoed in through the mic.]

...so I've finally failed.

[His eyes are unfocused, but he looks downward, contemplative.]

I only got half the city out. It won't be enough- we can't start over, not without Hope. So it ends here, I suppose.

[He takes in his first breath since beginning the recording, letting it out in a long sigh.]

I'm sorry.

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[Video]

[lingeringfear]

I kept a dying city out of the hands of an unstoppable army for over a year.

[In his defense.]

I gave everything for this. It wasn't enough.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

I don't care. [And in truth Maketh has never cared if the gods toil or suffer.]

Describe the threat we face.

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

Unemotional, consuming. They destroy our resources to leave us powerless before eliminating us. We are a threat to their natural order and they'll stop at nothing to see us dead.

[Not unlike some of the people here... but that's another story.]

They'll kill the hosts first. That would be you.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

The opposite of you. What do they take power from?

[The look she gives him is not kind and far from impressed.]

Naturally. What hurts them?

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

I don't know. Probably a renewing source- maybe even like you humans.

[This seems like a moot point, but he answers all the same.]

They aren't like us. We're beings comprised of energy, they're- more solid.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

Can they be killed?

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

Single ones, yes. Groups are more complicated.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

Describe the process. In detail.

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

How do you kill these monsters? An appropriate application of force would do the trick- a blade, a gun, damage to the vital parts of their anatomy.

Injuries don't slow them like it does you. And there's always more.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

Do they regenerate tissue or just not feel pain?

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

I'm not sure if they feel anything.