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[ Arkady's voice has a slightly Cockney accent to it and when she speaks she sounds chipper enough. Perhaps a bit too chipper given the circumstances, but that was just the way she was. Pretending to be happy when everything inside was the opposite always just seemed easier to her. ]

'ello everyone! I had something that I thought maybe might be important to tell people. Or two somethings! I think there were three but one got lost. If I find it, I'll tell everyone again. [ She pauses for a second and then continues on ]

I tried to look out as far as I could see but when I got to the mist it just stops. It goes and goes and then there's the mist and it just... ends. [ And it really didn't feel good to feel like she was falling off the entire world. Her voice is a bit more quiet when she speaks again. ] Just like back home...[ she trails off for a second and then comes back with a more clear sounding voice. ] Something very big and very powerful would have had to happen to just make things be nothing. But what...?

[ There's another brief pause before she starts up again. ]

And also the people here! Their memories all jigsaw-y. Fragmented pieces that aren't completely put together. I don't know what it means yet. Or why. Maybe they were put together from something else? Maybe they're not from here either? Or maybe they're not real. They don't feel like the not real people where I was last. They were robo-people and they were very bad. They hurt to touch though and these people don't feel like that.

I just thought I'd share!

[ And that is where she almost ends things. But at the last second she adds something else: ]

I got a lot of fishies to cook! I'll be making things in the blue building if anyone wants to try them!

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Maybe.

...or maybe they can't create things. Maybe they needed more clay.

If they can only mold and not create then they might not be as powerful as we think.

I'm not sure how powerful I think they are. I think they're...something like middle management.

That would explain why they don't know more.

Yeah, quite a bit, actually. Your visions give you any insight into that?

No, but it's something I'll have to look into. Maybe if I push more I'll see something about it.

Well, there's a few other avenues we can pursue as well, love. No need to strain ourselves just yet.

I won't strain myself too much. Don't worry!

That's exactly what someone says when they're off to strain themselves too much.

[ She laughs. ] Maybe. But don't worry about me.

I won't push, love, but I will say there aren't many of us, and depending on what's actually going on, we'll probably need all of us.

I can't die, so even if something happens, I'll be okay.

[It's very likely Arkady had no intention of derailing the conversation, but-]

...do you mean that figuratively or...?

Not figuratively. I really can't. I just come back.

That sounds...horridly traumatic.

Only the first time.

...it got worse.

D-do you die often?

Only four times! I think. Just four? Maybe I forget one. Or maybe I'm thinking of one that hasn't come yet

Christ...do I even want to know?

Probably not. Only the first time was bad though and that wasn't as bad as it could have been.

[Wasn't as bad as it could have been? Did...she die quickly then?

Jagger, seriously. Stop wondering these things.]

...that's...good I guess.

It was! And it taught me new things. And the next time unscrambled things. It all worked out.

You, uh, take dying pretty well.

It was my fault, sweets. No reason to cry over spilled milk.

That's...surprisingly insightful of you.

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