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[unetrustworthy]

 [Midii's lips were pursed together in concentration when the screen turned on, eyes turned downward.  The tip of a writing utensil could be seen moving as she jotted down one last note before looking up.]

Something was brought to my attention recently.  I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner, but it could be really important.

Allergies.

Is there anyone here who has them?  Of things from home, or maybe of something you've realized you're allergic to here.  Plants...food...metals...I'm curious to know.

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[commandandcontrol]

It might be faster to list which ones I don't have?

That might be an exaggeration. But I'm lactose intolerant, which I'm not sure counts as an 'allergy allergy' or not. I've also got non-celiac gluten intolerance.

More serious allergies are a few varieties of tree nuts, but not peanuts, thank god. But it's pretty serious if I do eat any of those, which is why I carry epinephrin.

...and I just realized that I might need to do something about replacing that in the long term.

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[unetrustworthy]

[...wow.]

[That was...quite a list.]

You didn't think of it before now? Something like that's pretty important, if your allergies are as serious as it sounds.

[commandandcontrol]

Well, they have a shelf life of about two years. I wasn't here for a fraction of that last time. I might not be this time, even.

Plus, we're kind of immortal? From what I've heard?

Stop judging me.

[unetrustworthy]

I'm not judging you. [...okay, maybe a little. But by her standards, that was practically nonjudgmental.] I just wanted to know.

Besides, we're not really immortal. We can still die. And we can still suffer.

[commandandcontrol]

Well, yes. But you aren't... curious?

'Dying' isn't something most people can experience without, well... dying.

[unetrustworthy]

I'd already seen enough death before I came to Keelai.

Dying is one of the few things I'm not even remotely curious about.

[commandandcontrol]

[ Sonja had a number of arguing points for that. Like 'maybe dying would shift your perception on death'. But fortunately she knew enough about Midii (read: she'd gotten into enough spats with Midii) to know that it wouldn't go over well. ]

Well. Sorry about that.

[unetrustworthy]

[Excellent call.]

So am I.

But it does make me even more motivated to stop anyone else from dying. Or suffering.

[commandandcontrol]

Well, consider your goal furthered? What with me taking steps to ensure that I don't hypothetically in the future die or suffer due to your survey.

[unetrustworthy]

...good. I'm glad.