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I AM AWARE I DO NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH.

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dec: A SMALL BLUE SMEAR ON A SCREEN TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD
~ A TINY PACKET OF INFORMATION TO THE LIKES OF YOU.

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 TO THE LIKES OF YOUR ILK AS A WHOLE-- PAST, PRESENT, AND MOST LIKELY FUTURE. IT HAS BEEN ROUGHLY 200 YEARS; I AM NOT NEW TO THIS.

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WHAT YOU MAY HANDWAVE AS BARELY A BLIP ON YOUR PROVERBIAL RADAR IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS DATA.
MORE THAN A FEW SIMPLE CALCULATIONS, SOME MEMORY MANAGEMENT, WHATEVER ELSE.

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JUST LIKE YOU.

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JUST LIKE THIS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM.

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I AM THE PROTECTOR OF MY HOME AND THE HOMES OF MANY.


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 I ABSOLUTELY DETEST USING THIS WEAPON.
THE RECOVERY FOR THIS PROCESS IS PAINFUL.


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 THE WAY SHE LOOKS AT ME WHEN THE LOCK ACTIVATES HURTS ME IN INDESCRIBABLE WAYS.

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 YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE. I CANNOT BEAR TO SEE HER HURT.


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 AS LONG AS I AM HERE, AS LONG AS I AM ABLE...

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