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[gotbackupagain]

.. There isn't an event going on that has to do with memory wiping, is there?

[She sounds both vaguely choked and... Maybe a little, desperately hopeful.]

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[showchoirstar]

[...oh.]

Anna...

I think you found your price.

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[gotbackupagain]

[Oh Rachel. Why does it have to be you that says it; she can't snap at you. Not for this.]

Think so?

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[showchoirstar]

[She tries for a smile.]

Kurt became color blind. I pick out his clothes now.

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[gotbackupagain]

[The favor's returned with a sour sort of grimace.]

They took my parents. My- human parents. I can't remember anything- just. Names. That I had them. [Her head shakes slowly.] I can't.. Their faces, what they sounded like, smelled like, felt like. None of it.

[And then, as if to cover for the weakness she most definitely feels:] Angels don't just lose memories. It was different before- when I didn't know I was an Angel. I didn't know anything but what I'd learned growing up. Now I have everything. Every piece of I've ever witnessed, from the first day of creation till this very second and it's--

[Missing a piece. She's never missed a piece of the puzzle before. Not without being able to find it again.]

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[showchoirstar]

...the Animus are extraordinarily cruel in regards to their prices. And I think they like making us all feel weak and worthless in comparison.

[Not that Rachel really needs any help in that regard, but she knows the angels are particularly fussy about their power -- even if Anna seems to be mostly down to earth about it. All the same, Rachel looks down for a moment, chewing on her lip.]

That is a horrible price, though. I am sorry.

I wish I could help.