AUDIO;

[elkmobile]

I'd like to also start a project in growing trees on Cybertron. I don't know how well that would work, to tell the truth. Perhaps around the garden would be best. It would take sometime, but in the end, their growth would help improve organic life.

I... do have a question for everyone here. Is there any kind of spiritual presence on Cybertron? Is such a thing possible?

Perhaps that's a better question for the Firstforged. I don't know if asking the Cybertronians or humans would answer something like that.

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audio;

[thxforthememories]

... I was told there was a place they get their souls from. The Cybertronians.

But that it most likely isn't here.

audio;

[elkmobile]

What is this place that you heard of?

audio;

[thxforthememories]

He called it Matrix... and the Well of All Sparks.

Either one, supposedly.

audio;

[elkmobile]

I see.

Thank you. That may help.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

Why do you want to know?

[... is there someone else here trying to gain a "soul"?]

audio;

[elkmobile]

Where I'm from, there are many gods. I noticed a lack of them here, so I suppose I'm curious.

[Also, you know, he's cursed.]

audio;

[thxforthememories]

Gods?

... Like those who own the temples here?

audio;

[elkmobile]

Would they be considered as such?

audio;

[thxforthememories]

I don't know. Someone... mentioned something like that, when I first woke up here.

audio;

[elkmobile]

I'm not sure if it's accurate... but it may give me some insight.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

That's really all I know.

... Hold on. [Let him mess around with buttons until he can compact and send some info.]

That one. The one I spoke with... he may know more for you.

audio;

[elkmobile]

I see. This is very helpful, friend. Thank you.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

... Friend?

[EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING THAT WORD.]

[HE DOESN'T KNOW IF IT MEANS WHAT HE THINKS IT MEANS.]

audio;

[elkmobile]

I wasn't too sure what else to call you. Sorry.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

[Oh.]

[He should have known.]

You don't have to apologize.

audio;

[elkmobile]

Well, I don't want you to feel insulted if I called you something that made you uncomfortable.

What is your name?

audio;

[thxforthememories]

That word isn't discomforting.

... Kagerou. Who are you?

audio;

[elkmobile]

Then I do not take it back.

Kagerou. ...Shadow. An interesting name.

I am Ashitaka.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

I -- thank you?

[He's startled into silence by that. The first person to recognize what his name means...?]

You know? You know its meaning?

Ashitaka. [A beat.] Where are you from?

audio;

[elkmobile]

You're welcome, I think.

[You can't see it, but he smiles a bit sheepishly.]

I do. The language is like where I'm from.

I'm... afraid I can't speak much of that. I'm sorry.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

Japan? Is that-- like where you're from? I was... made there.

Why is that?

audio;

[elkmobile]

[That seems to translate close enough.]

You were made there. I see.

I'm forbidden to say specifically where I'm from, but we seem to be from the same country. There is that.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

Yes. It... was the only place I'd ever known. Until here.

There are others, from the same country. You're the first to recognize the meaning.

[And you get serious points for that, Ashitaka.]

Why would you be forbidden?

audio;

[elkmobile]

I'm a little surprised to hear that.

[There's a soft laugh.] If I could tell you why, then it probably wouldn't be so forbidden, Kagerou.

audio;

[thxforthememories]

You are?

[Whoops.]

So I should stop asking...