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[thisisherson]

[When Kurt appears on the network, he's still kind of startled from when he woke up and realized he was somehow still in one piece, and back in his bedroom. He...wasn't in the best mental state during the event, but he's pretty sure he didn't survive that one

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[second_first]

I know what happened.

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[thisisherson]

What happened then?

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[second_first]

Third Impact.

The end of my world, as people knew it.

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[thisisherson]

That's how your world ends?

[HOW DOES ONE RESPOND TO THAT.]

...I'm sorry. Becoming puddles of orange kool-aid doesn't sound like the best fate for humanity.

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[second_first]

I died before it happened.

[She pauses, and decides to explain some more.] All beings were to unify to create harmony.

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[thisisherson]

[Oh. That sounds familiar. Like all those thoughts he had in his head before he exploded.]

...Wouldn't that kill everyone? How is that supposed to be harmonious?

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[second_first]

It would kill the sense of the individual. All humans would exist as a single consciousness.

There can be no misunderstandings if all are one.

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[thisisherson]

It...would kill their bodies. Because their bodies would be uncooked orange jello.

[Rei, he's sixteen and from a world that hasn't had any Impacts, let alone a Third Impact. He's not going to understand, and he's going to think you sound like you're in a cult.]

I'd rather have misunderstandings and be myself than explode and be part of everyone else, thank you.

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[second_first]

[Good point. That's why she's not correcting him about the "orange jello" thing.]

Then it is good you're from a different world.

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[thisisherson]

It probably is. ...Though, thank you for telling me. Even if I don't understand it at all.

[You and your orange-goo cult.]

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[second_first]

I don't think it's meant to be understood.

[She may not even totally understand it. She just knows what she's been told.]

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[thisisherson]

So...it's a religious sort of thing then?

[He tends to get answers like that when he asks skeptical questions about religion, after all.]

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[second_first]

No.

[Despite all the religious terminology being used, it was very much not a religious sort of thing.]