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 [It was gone.

It was a quick glance at first, but a quick glance turned into a thorough search.  Going through it back and forth. Mirage didn't have all the time in the world, but he needed that last bit of reassurance before he met up with Sideswipe. And it wasn't there.]

Rung's name is no longer on the Link's roster.

[This was not how this was supposed to go...]

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Ahahaha! Farfalla, what does that make you?

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I don't know.

I don't know anymore.

voice;

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Is not a hard concept.

If you are not dead, you are alive.



Unless you are rock. Are you a rock?

voice;

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No... I'm not a rock.

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Then you are alive.

voice;

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It's that simple to you?

voice;

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I am no scientist. If something has independent thought, they are already above plants. Plants are alive, no?

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They are?

voice;

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...Yes.


Plants are alive.

voice;

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I didn't know that...

voice;

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Mmhmm. There are many definitions of 'alive'.

Why debate it? It's too much thinking.

voice;

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Because it always seemed important to others.

voice;

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Perhaps you've only talked to ones who think too much.

voice;

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... I talked to Rung.

voice;

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But he was already convinced that you were alive, no?

voice;

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I think so...

Yes.

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Then you need not convince him of anything. He already knows. Does not think too hard on what exactly is alive.

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I don't want him to be gone.

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I am sorry, Farfalla

Perhaps he will return.

voice;

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It's not worth it, even if he does. It's just going to be like Perceptor all over again.

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You are fond of your memories, aren't you.

[Yeah, he pays attention to the Link.]

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They're everything to me.

voice;

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Then use those memories to push yourself forward.

[He looks down a moment.]

He would want that.

voice;

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[This is one of those times he dearly wishes BP units could cry.]

[Or something -- anything -- to release the pent-up feelings he's barely managing to throttle back.]

I... will try.

I suppose.

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[He can sense it.]

Take care, Farfalla.

Continue to be strong, si?