enough for the both of us; 08 | voice

[sealedcurse]

Huh.

It's almost ... nice.

[she pauses and thinks, silently, for a moment; all the communicator picks up is soft, careful breathing.]

Someone killed all these people, you know?

I wonder who.

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[acosmistic]

...Hm.

[sealedcurse]

Hm?

[acosmistic]

Who to accuse is obvious, but the circumstances are a little curious. They don't seem concerned in letting us see it.

[sealedcurse]

Yeah.

It's a little strange, isn't it?

I saw a lot of villages torn apart because of a few people with power who weren't kept in check. They looked like this place usually does afterwards, too ... not just dead, but dessicated.

And it always happened so fast -- usually there was barely enough left over to piece together what happened to the place, much less what it used to be like before.

If we can just figure out what happened to them in the past, maybe we can figure out how to keep them from reenacting it with us in the present. I'm pretty sure that's the only chance we have of surviving long enough to get out of here voluntarily.

[acosmistic]

What makes you so sure they'll try and do it again with us?

[sealedcurse]

You've listened to their conversations with each other, right?

They don't seem to have changed their attitudes much since whatever happened ... well, happened.

Most people like that aren't about to change their behavior, either.

... so that's what makes me so sure they'll try again.

[acosmistic]

I see what you're saying, but... why doesn't someone just ask them for the details.

[sealedcurse]

--you mean nobody's tried that yet?