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[Static. Static that gives way to a blurry, shaky camera arc, clearing on a section of the wall outside of the Inner City. But like the Animus posts, there's no PCD on the other side of the recording. It just... is, transmitting itself with no apparatus.

The image eventually sharpens. A small fish- mostly green- swims in quick loops, darting around the screen. Considering all the water, it doesn't look out of place.

A single voice finally cuts in, though it fades in and out.]

Hello!

It's much brighter out here.

[Something has left the Inner City.]

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[It swims in bigger loops to emphasize. The voice gets a bit of a trumpet fanfare in the background.]

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Oh, I see!

[Thalatte, why so adorable.]

Yes, I did! But I'm really quite happy here, too.

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[Darting back in, she moves to settle close over his head. This seems to be a preferred position.]

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Not at all! A lot of people here wish that they could be back at home. It's understandable.

[Totally doesn't mind that she's up there. But he aims a smile upwards anyway.]

What is your home like?

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Oh... You created life in the oceans?

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... so, you and the others that are part of the Animus created the living creatures of your planet?

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[Can a fish burrow? She's certainly trying.]

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Oh! Oh, you made everything!

[She can if she wants to! Negi has a lot of hair, and despite looks, it's very soft.]

Which one says that he's a god? And... wouldn't what you've done qualify you as a god, too?

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[More small, sort of tinny fanfare accompanies the statement. Also burrowing. Much burrowing.]

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Cats are typically the type to be antisocial, so that's actually not very surprising...

[He gives a little giggle - that sort of tickles.]

Does the cat have a name, too? Or are you the only one?

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[More serious there, and she's silent for a minute.]

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I see.

[He's equally serious, silent in contemplation.]

So, whenever something like this happens - where this place is changed, or we're personally changed in some way - it's one of you? I assume you're personally in charge of this change...

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... so you're forced into it sometimes?

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I see.

[He taps his lip.]

... So, you came out here to explore?

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Well, what would you like to understand?

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[She doesn't seem to have actually thought of this.]

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[A soft laugh.]

It's okay. Unplanned excursions are the most fun, I think.

Would you like me to show you around?

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[That earns a sort of relieved trilling.]

Yes! What's good to see?

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Oh, lots of things! There are houses from Japan, a giant skyscraper of some sort, the Great Wall, the Taj Mahal...

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