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[retsuden]

[ There has been a great deal of things that Sasuke has learned about in the few weeks he's been here just from talking to new people. All of them have been extremely confusing concepts, like therapy and the idea that people take care of children when they don't have anyone else to take care of them.

Some of these conversations where he's learned things have ended in more questions than answers. He could ask for more clarification from the few he's already made contact with, but the more possible answers he can get, the better. He thinks.

He hopes.

This could be a mistake. ]

How would you suggest someone improve their communication skills?

If your go to response is "talk to people", spare me. I'm only interested in more thorough answers.

Comments

[eudaimonikos]

Yeah, some people are just like that.

I mean, there were memory wipes involved, but they KNEW everything I'd been doing. And I got those back for them since.

So really, I'm sure you'll be fine, if you want to be.

[retsuden]

[ Who knew Michael of all people-shaped-individuals would be the one to give Sasuke hope. Wow. ]

Thank you.

Are your friends here?

[eudaimonikos]

[.....]

No, they're not.

But I have other friends here. I was in the dream, before this, a lot of us were.

[retsuden]

A few people have mentioned that place. Were you in it long?

[eudaimonikos]

Not really, just a year or so.
Some folks were there for maybe five? But not many of them are left now.

[retsuden]

A year is still long enough to learn a great deal about the place.
Do you know the names of those who were there the longest?

[eudaimonikos]

Vira-Lorr was probably there the longest.
I'd say she knew the most about the place, anyway.

[retsuden]

Oh.
Her.

Does she always ramble so much or is there a trick to getting more precise information out of her?

[eudaimonikos]

I wouldn't have called her a rambler.

[Not that things like that really tend to bother Michael anyway.]

Try asking specific questions?

[retsuden]

I assumed I had, but I suppose I can try narrowing it down further if we speak again.

[eudaimonikos]

What do you want to know about it, anyway? Just curious?

[retsuden]

Mostly. The dream world is sort of like this places history, right? I was taught we shouldn't ignore the things that came before us in any situation.

Vira-Lorr told me about the death system and a man named Shiro gave me a document that I've been working through which explains a great deal of the rest of it, but one can never have too much information.

[eudaimonikos]

Well, I'm sure it's mostly covered in there. I might be able to answer any specific questions you have, but I was only there towards the end of it all.