1st Kick | [audio]

[windsorknot]

[Voice]

[The tone is calm and measured, each word enunciated as clearly as possible.]So I take it that it's normal for people to just appear out of thin air in this city

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[construire]

Sorry about the couch.

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[windsorknot]

I've slept on worse. That doesn't change the fact that I'm in your debt.

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[construire]

You're not. I'm glad to have something familiar around here.

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[windsorknot]

Regardless, I always pay back a favor.

[Private]
You said you'd been here a month before I arrived?

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[construire]

You'll keep the ticking away. Call that payback.

[ Private ]

A month and six days, technically.

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[windsorknot]

Hm, good point. Though it's really a mutual benefit. Unfortunately, I don't exactly have the means to pay you back in any meaningful way at this point.

[ Private ]

And in that time you've been speaking to these projections?

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[construire]

Saves me the trouble of getting a dog? [ There's a light laugh here. ] We'll work on getting you settled first, including finding an apartment with a second room.

[ Private ]

They greeted me through the network minutes after I arrived. I haven't had long conversations with many of them. Casual remarks, mostly. I think I've spoken to Kenny the most.

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[windsorknot]

There's no rush. I can work as well from a couch as I can from anywhere. And by getting settled in, I can only hope that means finding something other than old t-shirts and worn out jeans for me to wear. [He only sounds a little annoyed at this.]

[ Private ]

That's a pretty fast response, considering how large this place is.

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[construire]

Let's see how long we you stay here. We can wait a month, then look around for another apartment. [ Seeing Arthur without gel is like seeing batman without his mask on. ] Can't forget the essentials.

[ private ]

It didn't take too long for you.

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[windsorknot]

Don't worry, I have no intention of disappearing just yet. And I'm fine with waiting for now. [There's more than one reason why he made this network post audio only...] I'll live.

[ Private ]

But in my case it's been days since I arrived. From what you told me, it sounded like you'd only been here a few minutes before anyone initiated contact with you.

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[construire]

It doesn't work that way. You leave when you leave; it's not about intention. That's what they say, at least.

[ If she had a choice, she would have already been gone. ]

[ private ]

My device accidentally started recording when I arrived.

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[windsorknot]

Of course. Otherwise there likely wouldn't be anyone here to greet us.

[ Private ]

I meant to say that I don't intend to try to set up a kick just yet. From what Cobb told me, the surest way out of limbo is to kill yourself. I'd rather exhaust my other options before going that far. The rules in this dream seem to be different, somehow. [This is probably the most uncertain he's sounded all day]

These devices are pretty strange, considering what they're used for. Everyone gets one?

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[construire]

We wouldn't have needed anyone to greet us. I'm sure both us would have been out of here already.

[ private ]

It's part of the welcome package.

I-

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[construire]

Would you believe me if I said that this world could be real?

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[construire]

Let me rephrase that.

Would you believe I was sane?

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[windsorknot]

[A few seconds of silence]

Considering that you've been here far longer than I have? I would.