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[The mirror opens on a young woman sitting cross-legged in a clearing. Her expression is blank.]
I have been instructed to use "the Vine." This appears to be a complex communications system disguised as a natural growth. I will follow instructions.
Stand by. Reaching conclusion...
Conclusion: trauma has caused me to form a vivid inner world wherein all military and political concerns are void. I was unaware I was capable of such elaborate human forms of denial.
[A pause.]
Shall I be comforted by the knowledge that I am? In accordance with most stories of such things, other people from my past will now manifest as representations of facets of my personality and discuss this matter with me. Please begin. Please begin. Please begin.
Diana?
[The mirror opens on a young woman sitting cross-legged in a clearing. Her expression is blank.]
I have been instructed to use "the Vine." This appears to be a complex communications system disguised as a natural growth. I will follow instructions.
Stand by. Reaching conclusion...
Conclusion: trauma has caused me to form a vivid inner world wherein all military and political concerns are void. I was unaware I was capable of such elaborate human forms of denial.
[A pause.]
Shall I be comforted by the knowledge that I am? In accordance with most stories of such things, other people from my past will now manifest as representations of facets of my personality and discuss this matter with me. Please begin. Please begin. Please begin.
Diana?