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[marcato]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, SATURNSCHILD. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 001.00.653.90 *** SATURNSCHILD has joined 001.00.653.90 <saturnschild> Hello. <saturnschild> I'm listening.

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[marcato]

[It doesn't bother him when she calls him a coward -- he knows that can't be true. The other insults roll right off of his back as well. He's heard them before, and he simply refuses to internalize them. She doesn't know any better, he tells himself. She's like all the others.

It's the last thing she says that makes his back go rigid.]

Shut up.

[He's not aware of fingers typing. They just do.]

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

[missleadingquestions]

[It's an unusual feeling, but something about this makes Maya feel... validated. She smiles— almost bitterly— at her PC.]

Good night, Aunamee.