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[ An audio post is sent out from the previously thought unoccupied 3B apartment complex Water Sector. The voice of the sender is delivered in a steady cadence. ]

I will never find myself champing at the bit for another opportunity to be choking on sea water then dragged out of the ocean only to be laid out on that cold, black shell like the morning catch. Even though the kedan were kind enough not to leave me to drown I don't find myself beholden to their efforts when I was nowhere near the edge of the shell before I found myself being fished out a second time.

[ The emotion in the account he gave of what he recently experienced was jarringly dispassionate to the point it almost sounded artificial. Despite how unsettling the implications were. ]

And asking if they or anyone under them were responsible for what happened might only invent a repeat performance. So I'll only ask once-- who did this? The emperor had always appeared to find contentment in quiet enmity, not outright maliciousness.

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No--Amon?

[Look, she's doing an okay job of keeping his secret identity secret.

Also, there's no evidence of the burns she suffered visible on her arm or shoulder anymore. She was not kidding about how thoroughly she would heal.]

I attempt to be.

[ Your help in the non-existent revolution will be honoured.

Amon switched to video on reply as a courtesy. White lacquered mask laying on thick the inhumanity he valued in the image while hiding any sign he noticed her rapid recovery. He did, of course but it was a footnote in the crazy upsets he was putting up with right now. ]

You look...well. [ It's sort of freaking an usually implacable guy out here. ]

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Yeah, I'm doing fine.

Are you okay? You...sound okay.

[Since she can't actually see anything but his eyes.

Good job with the Doctor Doom vibe, there, bro.]

I find nothing to complain about beyond a few bruises and some impressive gaps in memory.

[ The archetype came with the one-piece set of Doom PJs. ]

Neither of which the emperor or affiliates had a part in, I'm sure. My only regret is I wish I'd done something heinous enough to be worth all this trouble.

You just up and disappeared. You were gone for ages. I was worried.

[Nita does emotions, dwi.]

'Ages'? I see. [ Except not entirely because really what the hell. P-p-poker face. ]

The simplest answer would be it's all one more mystery stacked on another impossibility. It will have to do. For now.

And my brother? If you were stuck with his ceaseless political minutiae, you have my deepest sympathies.

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At least a couple months.

[Don't rain on her hyperbole parade, gosh.]

Tarrlok's gone, too. I don't know when he vanished. Didn't talk to him as much as you.

Ah; that almost makes sense. I suppose I overestimated his stubbornness and flair for the dramatic.

[ Sorry what? Can't hear you over the monsoon that swept his parade away along with the whole marching band. ]

Thank you.

[Automatically:] You're welcome.

...For what?

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Saving the time I would have spent looking for him.

[ Villain in Mourning ] The irony of both he and the Avatar gone when I'm nowhere that would really matter is. Disquieting.

Sometimes life does that to you.

[She missed some really important stuff back home.]

[ Amon starts teasing the strings of his mask off under the hood; he was not doing the Mask Thing in light of what he just heard. ]

Normally I would agree, but I would hardly call this a place that adheres to the set of laws that ground us in reality.

[Okay, private it is.]

What gave it away? The giant turtle?

[ It's like that dudebro public reputation thing, but villain style. ]

I was going to suggest maybe the untold number of worlds and galaxies. Or maybe even death rendered almost meaningless.

The turtle I readily accept to be within the realm of possibility but they are only the size of islands. As my world understands omnipotent turtles, in any case.

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[Nita's from comics. There are already an untold number of worlds and galaxies, and death is essentially meaningless.

Regardless, that bit about the turtle is deadpan funny from her point of view, and she laughs.]

I can't claim to have ever given omnipotent turtles any thought one way or another before getting here.

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[ For what was half his existential crisis and 'do you have a moment to learn the word of god turtle' it was a disturbingly normal conversation. Amon even found himself returning her quiet laugh in kind. ]

Not anything I would hold against you. The turtle would not have been at the forefront of my mind, either. Even if it is hard not to notice.

'Respawns' from death itself seem to be almost instantaneous. I can think of no particular reason why you would have simply been absent for 89 days with no particular memory of having been so.

[S'up. He stalks things.]

You were here before?

[ that is only a little creepy even by his standards ]

I'd thank you for keeping a record of my absence, but I would need a name to do so.

The problem lies in that I don't remember having ever left.

Oh I wasn't-- keeping track, per se. I just, um.

[... um.]

Read the Network.

[... all of it.]

I'm Doctor Reid. Spencer.

How... does that work?

If I knew that we wouldn't go asking after my predicament.

Doctor. [ Said guarded and terse. You're weird. ]

You have an ear to the ground it seems.

No, I have an eidetic memory. The Network has an audio/visual to text function, it was relatively easy to transfer everything over. From there it was simply a matter of noting your last appearance on the Network. It's possible you've been gone a shorter period of time than what I said, but not a longer one.

You're that guy from the storm.

[Yup. You're 'that guy' Amon, how's it feel?]

You've been gone. Least, I haven't seen you around for a while.

We've got some pretty impressive whales where I'm from, but that's about it.

[She does not realize he's talking about lion turtles because what.]

Oh... yeah, I guess that'd be right. Sorry.

Ah; then you have my apologies if I've caused offence. [ Still a pinch weird, though. ] The network function is something I've made use of in the past, but mostly when the language barrier presents a problem.

And you're right, but it brings me no closer to understanding why. Something the emperor does to as a ways of threatening us?

No harm done, but may I ask who you are? I don't believe we've met.

I see I've left quite the impression. Ms. Munroe, was it?

[ He'd like to thank the little people for this recognition. ]

That's what I've gotten out of earlier conversations, yes.

My name's Jack. What's yours?

It's fine. I'm not offended.

[It's pretty hard to do so, actually.]

Honestly, it doesn't seem to fit her overall style. It could be a glitch in whatever system she's using? There are several instances of people being reported gone only to return later. Sometimes with memories, and at least once without.

Nailed it.

[She smiles thinly and gives the console a thumbs up.]

Let me get this straight: You don't remember being gone?

[The way he said it was weird, but that's the feeling she got out of it.]

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