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[edealistical]

...You wouldn't happen to be dead in your world, would you?

[Edea can be blunt sometimes.]

I don't think you'll find the proof you're after, though. ...Nobody has been able to control their coming and going from this place. The best we can do is make the most of our time here.

I can tell you that if I had any power of this sort, I'd have kept a few of my friends around... Probably quite selfishly.

[boundbynaught]

[He gasps as she pins his personal reason down with her blunt statement. He doesn't mind the blunt part, just her guess out of thin air. And he thought he was being so subtle! Yeah right, Arden.]

I, well... Erm...

[He definitely wishes she had the power to be selfish.]

[edealistical]

Don't worry. You're not the first.

[Her tone is slightly gentler.]

If that's the case... I can see why it might be more of an urgent issue. I still think you're best off trying to make the most of life here without spending too much of your energy fretting - I don't want to give you any false hope about any of this.

But it can't hurt to speak with more people.

[boundbynaught]

Ah... Yeah I'm trying.

[And mostly he's not used to getting an even remotely gentle treatment from other people for his situation. Granted he didn't actually give her his backstory - because he's been encouraged not to - but still. It's a welcome surprise.]

Speaking to more people meaning... do you have some suggestions?

[edealistical]

Whoever.

[A shrug.]

Kevin, if you like. But I don't know everything that goes on on this island. You can see if the mayor or the researchers over at the observatory have gotten any further, maybe. I think they mostly just tolerate us nowadays...

[boundbynaught]

Hm. Well... okay. Thanks for the advice.

[He doesn't know what else he should say, given her pessimistic outlook, before hanging up.]