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[Frances is back, and she's all seriousness.]

For my sudden departure, I apologize, and it would seem I arrived back not a moment too soon. I suppose I can only be too grateful that whatever strange pall this is on our home, it has not affected the greenhouses in any noticeable way, nor my own quarters, as far as I can tell -- understanding this is

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D̶͙̼̞̜͍̫̤̝̐̊ö̡̯̫̻̻̗͓̅ͅ ̡͓̠̝̳̫ͣ̑́̄̐ͫ́y̗͖̻̤̹̜̗ͭ͒͗̋ͯ̏̈́̎́o̢̱̝̞̤̼̪̓ͩu̘̹ͪͦ͢ ̴͉̲͍̥̠͈͍̾ͬ̆̆ͫ̉́ṯ̛̖̬̀͛͒ͬ̊h̬̰͆̃i̸͈̳͔̣͂̏ṅ̔̀͢҉̻̖̜͎̰̱̻k̴͕̗̱̼̮̣͑̎͗̋̃ͭ͆̂̍̀ ̱̗͇͈ͪ͐̉ͧͥͩ̚i͙̺̜͙͓̠̙̥̐̓͝t͊̋̅̃͏͇̺͈̗ ̰͍̹ͭ̿̓͑͛c͕̘̤̝͖͔̰͈̯ͮͬͪ͆ͣͫͯo̝̹̣̦̺̳̰͕͈ͣ̈́́͊̃͌͑̀ų̨͎̼ͣ̚͡ͅļ̳̼͉̝̪͔ͬ̑͜d̗͙̣ͥͦ̅́̀̂͜ ̲̗̔̿̎ͨ̂̆̓̇͞b̬̙͓̆͛́e̬̲͉̥͈̬͑̔̄̐̃̓ ̵̻̻̻̟̟̲͚̻̔̃d͕̯̘̼͈̩̋̀͗ẹ̗̤̺̃̔͊̓̆̿ͪ̂͘ͅͅm̟̮̪̣̠͔̪̹̋ͫ͆͡ͅö͔̺́ͩͣ̌̍̓́͠͠n̝̦̿̐͐͑̽̓̓͗s̡̢̛̫͓ͪͬ?̣̠̱͚̘̝̗̽͑̏̐͒ͅ ̴̛̑͐͗ͥͦ̚͏͇̝̦̥̘T̬̹̬̩̣̫̥͌͑̒̉̊̍̄͜h̎͗͛҉̖̹͓̥͓̖̬͖͢e̱̲̼̘͍̖̤̩̪͆͂̔r̨͍̟̘̘͇̬̭̃͋ͣ͂̃͂͘ͅȩ̪̲͖̜̹̲̗̈̌̂̔̌ͫͮ̚͢ ̢͔̩͕̐͗̊ͣ̑̚ͅẁ̷̹̼͈̚ã̸̛̼̦̯͚͉͑́̽ͥͯͭ̑͘s̛̻ͩ͑ͬͦ̇̏͂ͅ ̢͍̯ͥ̽̒ͨ́t̝͎̥̭̜̋ͬ̑͛̿̈́̒ͩ̇h̲̺͍͕̱̙͍̣͗̔͌͗͢i̝̺̺̗ͭs̢͕̱̭̏̉ͪ͂̉ͤ̕ ̦͓͓̤͚̭̳̿̈́ͤ͝m͆̒ͮͮ҉̼̫o̱ͧ̓̓ͫ̈ͫv̸̭̪͉̯͇͖͎ͩ́ͦ͛͒͛ͤḭ̷̰̮̦̺̜̞̤͐ͭͭ̍̀̎ͫ̈́ͭ͢ḝ̗̺̠̮̱͉͈̰̟̓̐̊ ̨̧̢͖̬ͤw̖̾ͨ̍̂͑ͦ̋͝h̰͇̯̗͚̟̻ͥ̊͜e͎̲̗̮̹̙̜̙͓͋̎ͧ͗̇ͩ̆r̬͉̪͇̱̹̺̉̾̿ͯ̽ͯ̄ȩ̰̣̫̙͉̬̫̦ͭ͌͑ͣͯ̄̄ ̵̷̞̼̯̬͎͚͈͇̇ͫͪ̈́ͤ̍̏̐̓t͙̭̜̳̲ͪ́̍̈́ḧ̶̥̺̿ͅe̪͕̔ͣ̅̓̀y̼̽ͧͥ̓ͬͨ̅́ͣ͜ ̵͈̙͎͙̍͂̀r̮̗̠̟͖̘͊ͫ̍͊̉̚̕͞e̷̶̥̪̟͇͂͟a̵̴̝̺͊͑̉̀͡c̘͖̪̤̪͚ͤ̓̑͗ͬ̎t̢̛ͬͫͬͣ́͏͚e͙͙̺͖ͬͪͯd̿̂̒̚҉̫̩̦̰̫̪̝ ̢͇͍̙̆̄́̎́m̢̜̜ͫ̈̋̓̊ͦ̎͟ų̤̙̙̍͐ͦ́̕ć̴̴͈̝͖͙̞̰̄͘h̶͉̥̰̝͎͍͇ͤ͂ͤͯ̀ͤͣͅ ̧͍̦̬̗͓̼̘̘͚͌ͪ̌͊̓ţ͕̰̞̖̤̭͓̥̉̑͒ͨ͜͢h̝̗̍͂ë́̈ͦ̽̏ͯ͜͏͙͖̭̬̤͍ ̶̢̙̗ͬs̢̠͍̰͎̮̹̑aͭͯͯͯ̏͡҉̩̪̯̫͜m͔͔͕̻̒̋ͣ̽̅̕ę̰͉̼ͩ̀̑ͭͥ͌ ̸͖͇̲̭̱͇̤̜ͫͫ̌̚͟ẃ͙̩ͬ̓͋̃̓̀͝a̶̪͎̞͓ͬy̜̦̼̣͖̺̝͔̔̈́̌̓͆͜ ͑ͩͦ̏̓ͦ҉̬̻͎̭͙̣͠b̶̦̝̦̀͆ͪͫ͝u̩͙̜̜̯ͦ̆̏̋̌͒ͅt̡̮̞̲̺͓͎̲ͣͥ̃͋͛ͨ͢ ̭̝͙͈̺͕̬͛ͩ͑̎̔ͨ̿͋͠i̢̺͚͓̮͊̑ͨ̃ͮ̽̃ͣ͞f̵̐̅̾͒ͧ҉̦͉ ̧̘̿̊͌̃̐ͮ̎́ͧͅͅy̛͖̲̞̯̹͖̰̓ͣ͐ͮͪ͊͐́̎̀o̎ͪͤ̾͂̒҉͓̹̬ṵ͖͙̯̱̯̳̂̒̀͜͞ ̴̫͛ͨ̉͢͢s̉̒͝͏̱͚a̢̛̖̲̘̻ͮͪ̈́͜y̨̻̰ͧͣ̍̃ͨ̀̾͢͡ ̪̤͕͚͗̊̒̍ͪi̵̮̪ͥ̓̇ͣ̾̈ͣ̏t̶̘͉̝̗̎ͨ̐ͦ'̡̖̟̜͛̔̿͌̇ͮs̴̨̺͍̻͙͑ͭ̒͊̇̓͂ͤ̃ͅ ̶̙̙̲̜̘͍̦͊ͨͩh̛̝̫͓̼͐ͭ̄̔͂̈̒ͫ̀e̷̥̹̝̾̿̏ͫ͑ͩ͊ͭ̀r̈́̃̾̑̇̒ͭ̑͏̸͔̟̘̳̀ḛ̟͇͇͇̄̉ͪ̓ͦ͋ͧ̂ͭ͟.̰̜̀͑́ͮ̅̐̔ͬ̃ͅ.̦̽̈̓̂̆̓̏̍͠.̶̱̹̼͍̟̫̹ͩ͑̓̇̂̊ͧ̚Jͦ̋ͬͬ҉҉̹̤͠e̡̫̠̫͕̗̓ͥ͐̇͒ͨ͘ͅs͎̣͔͆̌ͪͪͨ̃̃̂̄͠͠u̝͔̜̫̹͊͘ͅs̨̩̹̅ͬ̀ ̸̙̣̜͉̘̺͇̊ͩ̏ͩ̓͂ͯ̓͝C̝̱̪̥͉͛ͯ̂͋ͪ͐̆ȟ̢͇̲̱̔̒͑͋͝͞r̨̛̫͔̤ͥ͊̈ͯͥ̊̓̋i̞̯ͧ͛͒͐͜ͅs̤͍̖̩̦̖̮̋̓͋̽̚ṭ̙̄ͬ̉́̀ ̖̙̣̑̅̒ͨ͢ï̧̻̳̱̬̺͞t̛͓͓̤̦̋̀ͤͪͧͅ ̬̦̥̹̝͈̞̝̪ͪ̆ͪ́̈́̚͟ĩ̸̹̺̻̮̑͂̓ͬ͜ṡ̻̞̮̈́͂ͧ̽͒̿̀̕ ͍̪̙ͫͫ̅̇ͤ͗͛͟͜a̶̡̜͖̰̾̀̑ͬͭ͡ ̒͊͆ͨͬͪ҉͟͏͍͓h̨̝̃ͦ͂̋ͭͩͫ̿ë̩̫͚͙̠̰͘͜l̯̦͓̖̘̞̉́l͍͉̩͍̮̂̋͗͌̇͢͞͝s̩͙̹̟͖̣͓̮ͫͨ̇̒͊̽̓h̛̰͕̘ͥ̎͡͝ͅi̸̢̟̬͐̉͑͂͋͘p̦̤̄ͥ̚ ̷̻͕̲̘̪̲̣̬͍ͫ̂̕i̖͕̙̾͒͛ͯ̑̇̀͞s͉̪̦̎͆̍̐́̆́̅̇͜͠n̳̣͗ͯͥ̊̏̾ͨͮ'̡̯͓͉̻̯̜̪̘̾͆͐͢͠ṫ̝̖̝̮͖̌͡ ̷̼͓͍̘̍̔̉ͧ͛ͬͫ̚͜ỉ̴͕͖̟̬͈ͧ̎̽̈̀ͅt̗͚̄̍̿͌̉͂ͯͅ?̴ͯ̈́̒͐̇ͨ͗̋̚҉͚͖̣

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...sorry, my communicator malfunctioned. What is it?

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I don't know. Demons? I'm not at all certain of that. As I said I don't sense that.

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...It's been here.

If this is hell or some twisted torture by the devil i'm going to be really pissed off

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You're not here to be punished.

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S̽͂ͧ̃͋ͫ̃͏̦͍͓͙ͅo̷̩͈̯͒͗̂ͥ͜ͅm̡̺̪͖͓̹̪̳ͨͨ́̅ͤͩ̿ͥͥ͠e̬͔͖̤̹ͮ̇ͪͦ̄̓ͦͫͦ̀ţ̇̅͊͑̐ͬ҉̮͙i̪̙͙̲̰̙͌̉́͟m͓̬̙̺̲̲̰ͣͩͭ͡e̡̜̖̭͖̠͔̥̘̔̈́ͥͧ͝ŝ̀ͥ̚҉҉̞̪̮ ̡͖̩̣̩̦̍̑Į̶̮͙̺ͥ̍̾ͮ̀͋ ͎́ͧͩ͐ͮ̐ͯf̿ͩ̈͆̓̑҉̨̧͚̬e͈̱̹͔̭͙ͪͭ̓̚͜͝ẻ̪̦͚̩̆̀l͇̰̺̻̄͋̑ͮͯ͒̒̉ ̧͔̥̬̫̬̻̏̈́̓̕t̝̤͓͖̊͊̒̾̔ͧ͛͛̇h͖͙̣̫̹̬̜̦͒̋̀̕a̎͗͊͆̏͑͡҉͓͙̹́ț̨̩̮͉̼̠̼̒̃ͭ̄ͩ̚͞ͅ ͫ͐ͯͬ̉͏͇͖́w̨̻̯̗̯̳͚̎ͮ̀̅̆̌ͯ̍̚a̘̞͈͙͈͕͛̊͌ͣͨ̎͢ýͥͨ̾́̊́̚͏͏͙͚̬̲̣̩ͅ.̮̝̫̜̜̖ͨ̔̈͘͢͞ ̴̻͍̇̎͑̍̎ ̴̛̟̘͇̜̖͙̘̮̄̾ͯ̽I̱͍͔̞̰̯̥̟ͪͤ͌ͩͣ͛̿͐͑ ̭̫͙͑̓ͤͥ͟d͚̗̫̘͔̟̤̒ͥ̀͠o̢͔̝͂n̤̾̍̾̎͑͊̎̚͞'̭̠̤͓͍̤ͯ̌̏̀̚ṭ̴͍̼͛̓͛ ̡̡̨̖̝̟̣͇̺ͫͩͬṯ̜͍͕̫̣͔̭̔̐̿̉͗͠h̙̖̳̣̱̞̭̭ͩ͑ͫ̍̋̀͘͜ī͉͉̳̘̺̲̎̽͟n̵͎̼̹̫ͯͤ͌ͭ̈̀̕k̷̳̽͆̋͜͠ ̸̰͂̒̍̍͗͂̓̈͠Iͬ̉͏҉̷̞'̨̡̛͓̬͚ͥ͆̽̾́m̳͚̝̘̞̦̳̀̓́͟ ̲͓̻̱̻͚̖̤̔̆͞t̛͎̯̪̏̈́̔ͣ̉ͬ̂̚h̸͉̘͚̝ͤ͂̎̇̉e̳͙̱̽͘͝͡ ̴̤̪̦͍ͧ̎̉ͬo̟̩̟̥̻͖̫̐̅̔̉ͩ̚n̸̖͔̳̬͙̽͐ͨͣ̔̕ļ̯̀̄ͧy̴̖͖̭̟̱ͤ͆̀͜ͅ ͚̐ͧ͐ͧ̓̀̑͒͗͢i̵̛̟͑͋̌͡n̠͔̮͐ͥͥͩ͜m̸̷͈̗͓͙̠̟͈̫ͪ̈́́a̝̻̍̉ͯ͐̇t̠̮̲̠ͬ̂͝͝e͎̞̭̻̰͖͌ͮ̍ͯ̓̃̆ͥ́́͞ ̴̡͈͓̝̦̲̙̬ͧ͒ͮw̶̶̙͚͚͎̾́̀̚͘h̗͖͙̘̺̄̿̎̐̓ͨ̑ͤͅȍ̶̘͎̥̤̞̩̬̰̑ͤ̊͒̚ ̠̮̩̼̩̣̰̮̼͂̑ͧ̓̈̿͡ḑ̻͓̽̆̃̏ͩͯ̑o͗̃̃ͭ̚҉̼̮͓͚̣ȩ̙͆͘s̋ͮ͌̂͞ͅͅ ̵̳̱ͮ̀͒̆̈̀͘ẻ̳͓ͪ͛ͣ͡į͎̠͉̣̳̝̻ͧ͛͊̿ͪ͆̔̄t͇̖̆ͯ͛ͬ͠ͅh͋̈ͮ̊͑̈̋ͪ̕҉͎̻̳̬̳̖̼e̳͚̯̣͙̬̟̬̽͆̓ͧ̋̈́́ͧr̛̽̾̅͏̦̤͠.͔̜͚̬ͣ͂̽ͬͪ̚͠

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What the fuck is wrong with this piece of crap?

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I couldn't tell you.