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[wrathfulkhan]

[Here, turtlefolk, have a teenage boy who is still a little bit zonked from landing on his ass in the palace. There is a Chinese dragon on his shirt, if anyone's at all interested in dragons. From what can be seen, his suite looks like it's in mild disarray; he got angry enough to break a couple things once he was alone and did not do such a good job cleaning it up from the camera's view. He looks mildly upset.]

I-- I don't understand why I'm here, I--

They gave me this place, they told me I have to work...I'm not really trapped, am I? I can't be. This doesn't make sense.

[He stops talking half-to himself and focuses his attention on the camera again.]

I guess I have to work under the assumption that this is all real, until proven otherwise. Even if I'm still not entirely sure what's going on.

Anyone care to enlighten me? The...kedan...weren't all that helpful.

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[wrathfulkhan]

[People. Bah. Good luck trying to talk the poster boy for misanthropy around, Bianca, you'll need it. His break with his friends has undone all of his progress and then some.]

Every time I trust someone, it ends up burning me. [You also have a bad habit of burning everyone who trusts you, Gene. But that's a moot point.]

[And perhaps here's a little more honesty than he'd have with someone who isn't a mom figure:] The one thing I've been trying to do all my life, and I'm abducted in the last five minutes. [He laughs bitterly.] How can I not be angry?

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[asoothingvoice]

[She's got time and patience; as long as he doesn't shut her out immediately she can work with this.]

You're allowed to be angry and upset, especially if this pulled you away from something important. It's just not healthy to stay that way forever.

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[wrathfulkhan]

[Oh God, she's moming at him. He hasn't had anyone actually parenting him for about ten years. Zhang had only ever been interested in keeping him out of the way.

HELP. ADULT IS SHOWING CONCERN. DEFAULT TO INNOCENT TEENAGER MODE.]

I know, I...

[He sighs. He is especially good at clinging to grudges, so this is weird advice to try and internalize.]

I know.

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[asoothingvoice]

[The Reyes do their best to be good people and help others out who need it. Gene needs it.]

If you need anything, just let me know. I'm in EA-1A.

I'm Bianca Reyes, but please, just call me Bianca.

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[wrathfulkhan]

[No he doesn't. He's been doing just fine on his own. Just. Fine.]

Gene Khan, FI-1C.

Uh. Thanks.