Two Memories

[memoryofmyself]

Hey, how many kids are in this town?

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[dodo_master]

Hard to say! People are always coming and going, and if you count drones, or if you count people who the town counts as children but they really aren't...

In conclusion: haven't the foggiest.

[memoryofmyself]

That's not even helpful!

[dodo_master]

Well the point I was trying to make is that I don't think your question can be properly answered.

[memoryofmyself]

Fine. Right now, how many actual kids, up to age fourteen, would you say are here?

[dodo_master]

I don't even know if I could hazard a guess. Fifty?

[memoryofmyself]

But why would they need so many?

[dodo_master]

Well, why do they need any of us here? No one's figured that out yet either. And at the rate people come and go from this town, it's hard to get anyone to investigate it.

[memoryofmyself]

What about the people who have been here for years?

[dodo_master]

Years? I don't know if anyone has been here that long. I've heard of some folks being here for months, even over a year. But I think most people are brought here are gone within a short amount of time. And sometimes they come back, I hear!

[memoryofmyself]

So it's pretty much pick and choose whose the most interesting.

[dodo_master]

Mm, that could be it. Perhaps once they lose interest in someone, they send them home?

[memoryofmyself]

Probably. They're like children with power.

[dodo_master]

Indeed! Back into the toybox once they're done with you. Perhaps the key to getting out of here is to be uninteresting!