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CC: Noa.
CC: You ar~n't ups~t with m~, ar~ you?
GC: huh? why?
CC: I gav~ you instructions r~sulting dir~ctly in your d~ath.
GC: oh. right.
GC: i... actually almost forgot about that
CC: Hmmm.
GC: but you knew it would happen already, right?
CC: Y~s, it was alr~ady a known ~v~nt.
CC: Paradox Spac~ forc~d my hand, in som~ s~ns~, by making m~ r~troactiv~ly awar~ of what I was going to do.
GC: yeah, i dont blame you for anything you had to do for a time loop
GC: thats basically like, being manipulated, or something
CC: I suppos~.
CC: It's not as though my will poss~ss~s no influ~nc~ ov~r th~ outcom~, how~v~r.
CC: Th~ ~v~nts must still b~ logically consist~nt with what I might do in a giv~n situation.
CC: Paradox Spac~ can only hyjack things by showing m~ my script b~for~hand, and th~n dooming any tim~lin~
wh~r~ I r~fus~.
CC: I suppos~ if my will w~r~ strong ~nough, th~r~ might not ~xist a tim~lin~ wh~r~ I b~hav~. Th~n th~ alpha
tim~lin~ may hav~ no choic~ but to acc~pt my d~cision. If I w~r~ a gr~at hop~ play~r, p~rhaps.
CC: But ~v~n th~n, my r~fusal may hav~ b~~n th~ plan all along. It must hav~ b~~n, r~ally. On~ can't truly
co~rc~ r~ality into improvisation.
GC: huh
GC: i dont really understand
CC: I only m~an to say...
CC: Though my hand may b~ forc~d from tim~ to tim~.
CC: You shouldn't b~ so quick to giv~ pr~d~stination all th~ cr~dit ;)
CC: So r~gardl~ss, if only for polit~n~ss's sak~, I'd lik~ to apologiz~.
GC: well i forgive you, i guess
CC: Thank you.
GC: hey, what was that thing that killed me?
GC: and was it, uh, hyperrealistic?
CC: I can't t~ll you much about it y~t. Paradox Spac~ s~~ms not to want you knowl~dgabl~.
CC: I can only t~ll you it's an unfotunat~ amalgamation, and that it's v~ry important that you stay saf~ from it.
GC: amalgamation....
GC: thats weird
GC: knowing the future doesnt sound fun :/
CC: It has its upsid~s.
CC: And anyway, I can't s~~ your ~ntir~ futur~, you know.
CC: My program crash~s wh~n I try to look past a particular point on your tim~lin~.
GC: hmmm
GC: have you tried turning it off and on again
CC: That I hav~ ^_^
CC: I b~li~v~ th~r~'s som~thing on your ~nd k~~ping m~ from s~~ing th~ lat~r duration of your adv~ntur~.
CC: It's too bad. I'd lik~ to s~~ how your story ~nds, but I suppos~ Paradox Spac~ has giv~n m~ ~nough spoil~rs as is.
CC: I alr~ady poss~ss unbound~d acc~ss to all of your privat~ mom~nts, aft~r all.
GC: wow
GC: thats true
CC: ;)
GC: no comment
CC: I'm joking, of cours~. I promis~ not to spy on your mor~ intimat~ or sham~ful mom~nts. Not without p~rmission, anyway.
CC: I will look as I d~~m n~c~ssary for your survival, though.
GC: what
GC: do i do something embarassing later, or something
CC: no comm~nt ;)
GC: ...
CC: W~ll th~n, if w~'v~ both ~xhaust~d our subj~cts of discussion, th~n I'll talk to you n~xt tim~, y~s?
CC: Though p~rhaps "n~xt tim~" for you will b~ pr~vious for m~...
CC: ~ith~r way, until th~n!
GC: ~_~