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[dreams_are_mine]

[There's the sound of clattering, rhythmic, a thunk thunk thunk, sort of quiet, like someone tapping wood repeatedly.]

It looks like I won, Ion~♪ I'm still here but your brain's melted, I guess that means I'm not useless trash after all.

Poor brother, we never got to bond.

[Someone may be speaking in this silence, but it's unintelligible]Right

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[1dashingrogue]

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You have a drone brother now, I take it?

[dreams_are_mine]

You could shorten it to Queer Bird? That has a nice ring don't you think?

I knew you'd say that, Mister! [Again far too cheerful.]

[Filtered]

So Spy isn't a fancy nickname. That's practical though, in your line of work. It'd be bothersome to be an altruist.

[She sounds much brattier than her cheerful mock-drone-voice.]

I guess you could call me a sadist. I just like to enjoy games. I'm not really interested in humans, but they're most interesting when their hearts are laid bare.

[1dashingrogue]

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone call me 'Queer' I'd be rich. Beyond zat though...ze nickname matters not. After all, what's in a name?

[Filtered]

No. It's literally ze title of my job, doubling as a way to conceal my real name. Ze day I become a full-blood altruist is ze day pigs fly. I have my moments, but doesn't everyone?

How about if I just call you Road? I don't see a need to be concerned if you're a sadist or not, at least until my life gets put on ze line. Hearts laid bare? As in physically staring at a dead-person's heart, trying to figure out just what makes them tick?

[dreams_are_mine]

It's a shame you don't then, isn't it?

[Filtered]

Fair enough, Spy~

Road is good, it makes it easier to get along, if we're on familiar terms, right?

But no. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that's just organs and flesh. People's minds and souls are more interesting. Everyone's physical heart looks the same, but that doesn't tell you a think about the person. &hearts

[1dashingrogue]

I think I'm well enough, at least where I'm originally from.

[Filtered]

Thank you.

Correct. I'm human, and hopefully you won't look down on me for zat alone. I prefer to think of myself as a unique being.

Ah...So you're a philosophical thinker as well? I can see zat we'll get along without any trouble at all. Ze mind is so much more interesting than how ze body works. Information, knowledge, personality..all are more interesting than anything physical..

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[dreams_are_mine]

I'm human too. I won't look down on you~♪ [Probably vicious, vicious lies. Who knows. Maybe she likes you.]

Exactly! It's nice to have someone agree. There's just something really interesting about getting to know someone intimately, so you know every little thought in their head. What makes them tick as you said, what really does.

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[1dashingrogue]

Oh...well, zat's a bit reassuring. [It wouldn't surprise Spy if she's lying. He'll just stay on guard for now.]

You're right. It's not common to find anyone who wants to truly learn about ze human mind. I suppose zat's one of ze few things zat entertains me in Mayfield. There's no limit to how many people can be analyzed.

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[dreams_are_mine]

Of course, if we're going to get along we have to have a basic understanding of each other. [Probably wise.]

Yep. This place is really interesting for sure. So what makes you so interested in people, Spy?

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[1dashingrogue]

Indeed. I agree with everything you've said thus far.

...Ah, I suppose it's because I have a strong desire for knowledge. Seeing ignorant people frustrates me to no end, thus I wish to be smarter than ze average human.

And you, Road? Do you have a particular motive behind your actions?

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[dreams_are_mine]

Hmm~ [She takes a moment to consider the question.]

I like to see it, what lies deepest in people's hearts. [There's a lot more she could say, about humans and the like, but she doesn't. She's being cautious too, after all.]

It interests me.