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[astrallyprotect]

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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

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[quarkleader]

[Astrid's manner of speaking makes Maria blink at her for a moment. The blue-haired girl's usual seriousness soon returns, though.]

This place isn't a delusion, no matter how it looks to you - or any of us, for that matter. We've all been dragged here from countless different worlds; no one's told us why, so we've really got no choice but to find out for ourselves.

[astrallyprotect]

[No response during the blinking. Just...no response at all.]

Not a delusion: I comprehend.

Countless different worlds: I do not comprehend.

[quarkleader]

[Maria has twigged by now that Astrid is a robot of some sort, but she's not judging; her expression, though serious, stays neutral.]

I found it a little difficult to believe myself, to begin with. After speaking with the others here and hearing of where they came from, though, it was the most logical conclusion I could come to.

[astrallyprotect]

It is possible we are all broken or insane.

[quarkleader]

[A bit of a frownyface on this end, though not aimed at anyone or anything in particular.]

I'd prefer to think that I'm perfectly sane, at the very least.