[She's not used to these surprise memories, and looks a little flustered.]
I, I'm sorry. [She just intruded into his memory? So she should apologize, right? But she sees where his hand goes, and she remembers reading something...]
A … system? What kind of system? [ thinking back on that brief memory, he doesn’t really remember anything that looked like a system as he’d recognise it from, say, the station. ]
It's hard to explain... I don't understand the details, myself.
But I was born with a unique power that makes my body work similar to the magic technology in my world... and someone was able to create a mechanism to control my power, the same as any device.
Rita's an expert on those, however, so she changed how it worked.
To put it simply, yes. The cores were made from living beings... and their energy use created an imbalance in the environment, hurting the world at large...
... I'm guessing that was a side effect people didn't know about when they put it into production. Or, I'd hope, but people will do horrible things for convenience.
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[She's not used to these surprise memories, and looks a little flustered.]
I, I'm sorry. [She just intruded into his memory? So she should apologize, right? But she sees where his hand goes, and she remembers reading something...]
... You still have it with you? The notebook...
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... [ ah. ]
Mm. It followed me through the last scenario, and apparently here as well.
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Do you still write in it?
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Or maybe I’m just kicking myself over failures. Either way.
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[Oh whoops actually there's more stardust here, and as a result: a memory!]
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but.
well. ]
... You were being controlled?
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... Yes.
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And after this...?
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And then Rita, she found a way to alter the system that was controlling me...
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A … system? What kind of system? [ thinking back on that brief memory, he doesn’t really remember anything that looked like a system as he’d recognise it from, say, the station. ]
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But I was born with a unique power that makes my body work similar to the magic technology in my world... and someone was able to create a mechanism to control my power, the same as any device.
Rita's an expert on those, however, so she changed how it worked.
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… So… that power you mentioned comes at the cost of other life? Including your own?
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... I'm guessing that was a side effect people didn't know about when they put it into production. Or, I'd hope, but people will do horrible things for convenience.