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[mindf_cks]

[The audio feed cuts on, but nothing sounds for a few minutes. If you’re lucky, you might hear the very faint sounds of shoes on wood flooring. He doesn’t speak, instead text appears on the screen.]

I'm sure you grow wary of the ever so present introductions that seem to drastically fluctuate and flood near the beginning of the month- Ah, but I

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[comeshonesty]

[ the older gentleman in the video feed is dressed in black, seated rather comfortably on a park bench-- he doesn't seem to notice the cold. but then, he wouldn't, given what he is. ]

I sincerely doubt that much has changed since the last time you were here, whether that was a year or twenty years ago. This island is awfully static, don't you think?

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[mindf_cks]

Point.

Curiosity just has a habit of rearing it's head into even the most obvious situations, does it not? Even the slightest change could be of the utmost importance.

video.

[comeshonesty]

The cleverer humans do seem to think that way. In human lives, it's even true enough from time to time.

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[mindf_cks]

'Humans'?

[Now he's watching the video closer. Odd. Something is amiss here and he doesn't want to point to the more obvious choice.]

[comeshonesty]

Come now. [ his brows arch slightly, expression otherwise unchanging. ] I think a part of you is quite aware of what I am already.

[mindf_cks]

Akin to 'them' then?

[He feels the need to clarify.]

The Endless, I mean.

[comeshonesty]

Not quite, but similar enough in a way. [ he lifts two fingers, crooking them slightly. ] There's only God and I, and in the end, I alone.