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[The link appears to have been... dropped. It's just sitting on the floor of a hallway in Trion's temple. There's a partial view of a nearby room, the door half-open and sitting strangely on its hinges. The room itself appears... trashed. Like the storm blew through the room as well as the Haven.]

[Everything is absolutely still. Absolutely silent.]

[For several minutes.]

[And then something slams itself down off-screen, hard enough to rattle the Link itself. It actually vibrates a few inches forward at the impact.]

[Someone laughs. There's no amusement in the sound, only smug satisfaction.]

Look! Look, look, look!

[The voice is probably familiar, but the cadence is all wrong. The speaker grabs the Link, jerking it toward the room.]

I did it. I did it so well too, didn't I? You thought you had me -- what was it? What was it? Are you punishing me? Is that it?

No, no. That won't do. I got out!

[More laughter. Delighted, echoing laughter.]

[And all of the sudden, a face pops on-screen, upside down. The smile it wears is sharp, harsh. It's... Kagerou?]

Aren't. You. Proud? Brave Police.

[There is a fevered light in his optics -- both of which are visible now, the scanner no longer marking half his face. And then the feed goes dark.]

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No. [He eyes him, suddenly all suspicion and confusion.] Was it the boy? The little boy? We all remember that one... yes.

He died.

[There's a shrug, as if he'd just said the sun came up this morning. A simple, bland statement of a terrible fact.]

[And that, of course, was where everything went wrong.]

Why.

Why is this -- [A frustrated, animal growl. His fingers clench, clawing at armor in an attempt to ground things, or wake up from whatever this has become.] Why! What's happened.

Not different, no. Not different at all! Just wrong!

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[fugitrix]

Why would you be worth my time?

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Because I'm the best they ever made.

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[fugitrix]

But you were made by someone.

That in itself makes you inferior.

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[thxforthememories]

No way.

I'm the winner. I'm the superior model.

I proved it.