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[wholenewstory]

[Cass gives the console a little wave. Her smile is light, but a little uncertain. She doesn't make entries like this often; she doesn't like the spotlight, the focus on the words she's speaking.

But this could be important.]

So, um. Some of you know I - went to the mines. In the mountains. Got back yesterday.

Didn't...find much. Carts, that they used. [The smile fades.] And...bodies. That were just...left there. [She'd considered bringing them back, even if she had to do it one at a time, but she didn't know if that would be...disrespectful.]

Looked like - they fell, usually. Didn't see any, um. Foul play.

[A beat.]

That's it. ...What - did I miss?

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[wholenewstory]

[She knows the voice immediately, but she has to remind herself that he won't recognise her.]

I think - they were miners.

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[meanandgreen]

[No, he doesn't recognize her, but there is something vaguely familiar. Maybe that's why he even responded to this in the first place. That and the whole thing with the dead people, of course.]

And what, they just keeled over?

[He knows they've been sending people to the mines for violating the rationing laws or whatever, but he hasn't heard of anyone dying out there.]

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[wholenewstory]

Accidents, I think. A long time ago.

Just...don't know why - they're still there.