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[whattheytellyou]

I'm not sure what I can do to help, but if anyone needs it, I haven't been affected by the flood.

For those of you who don't know where you are or how you got here: it's going to be okay. This sort of thing usually rights itself after a few days. You'll be home safe and sound in no time.

[Private to Amanda]

Amanda? Are you there?

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[damesuccubus]

Why do you speak such lies?

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[whattheytellyou]

What lies are those?

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[damesuccubus]

What if these people never return to their former selves? How can you be so certain that all will be well? They are lies if you can't prove them true.

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[whattheytellyou]

Did you hear the announcement from the Admiral before all of this started happening? It's a flood. A couple of days, everything will right itself again.

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[damesuccubus]

And you believe this man?

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[whattheytellyou]

Not even as far as I can throw him - and considering I can't even get a face-to-face with him, that's not very far.

I believe the evidence.

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[damesuccubus]

If everything rights itself, why are you telling everyone they'll be going home?

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[whattheytellyou]

The people who were affected will go home and be replaced with their counterparts who were here before the flood hit.

I'm sorry, but if you're an inmate, you aren't going home.

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[damesuccubus]

But they are not really returning home. They will remain here as well.

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[whattheytellyou]

These people will go home and finish out their lives. They come back.

You really have to understand the concepts of linear and nonlinear time, and right now is probably not the best moment for an impromptu lesson.

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[damesuccubus]

When why not say that instead of telling them lies?

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[whattheytellyou]

Because I don't see the distinction.