[Voice- Backdated to the 24th]

[donotcomprehend]

It has been a year since I arrived in Vatheon. A longer time than I was ever truly alive in the Junkyard or in the real world, and more than a year since gaining the Atma. Yet Nirvana seems to remain beyond our reach.

[When Gale speaks again, after a short pause, he sounds more thoughtful.]

At what cost should one give up their emotions?

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[beauchevalier]

Perhaps, then again I don't know for certain.

[A sigh.]

I'll simply say that I'm familiar with knowing how to live without emotions.

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[donotcomprehend]

You, as well?

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[beauchevalier]

[Yeah, he's going to private this.]

More or less, but few in this bubble know that.

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[donotcomprehend]

We of the Embryon have never intended to hide it. It was a fact of our world. Do you not wish for it to be discussed?

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[beauchevalier]

That's correct. People in my world would possibly have used it against me if they knew the details and I believe the same of certain people in this world.

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[donotcomprehend]

How might they use it against you, if it is not true of you now?

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[beauchevalier]

You would be surprise how far blackmailing someone can get you, especially in my world.

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[donotcomprehend]

Ah.

[It's a tactic he understands, actually. As a strategist, it's kind of his thing. But informational blackmail doesn't work that well in the kind of battles he plans for.]

And in this one?

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[beauchevalier]

It's hard to predict here.

[And he's being honest about that.]

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[donotcomprehend]

Nevertheless, it exists as a possibility. Still, it would benefit you to remember that the politics of this world are not the same as you own.

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[beauchevalier]

That's very true, yet the possibility of similar politics from other worlds can find their way here.