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[ The video feed opens in a rather mundane fashion: an expressionless man sitting within the library in the Initiative Hold, his tablet on a desk in front of him as he pages through a book--a somewhat battered old volume of history. ]

I have two questions. I would appreciate some answers, if you could.

[ His voice is deep and serious, but also remarkably flat and toneless. ]

I understand that the other "Transports" here represent a wide variety of worlds. How many come from one with similar components to this one? A ruined Earth, or one near ruin, and a repressive absolute government guiding humanity in the wake of that disaster.

[ He closes the book and sets it down on the desk just out of the screen's frame. ]

The second question is simple. Can anyone recommend somewhere I can find decent coffee?

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But what it led to was this. That's the nature of the Mu. No matter what, you are a threat to Superior Domination and all of humanity.

[Was that some anger flickering in his eyes for a moment? It's gone now. He goes back to looking disinterested.]

Your people may have escaped thanks to your noble efforts, but they won't last much longer.

[leaning forward a bit, as though that'll make that flicker resurface, make it more than a blip on a screen.

his brow knits, searching, trying to put that into context.

Keith. Physis. the child – that child was unconscious, not a threat to anyone...a black bird, the barrel of a gun...things get muddled the further he goes.

..."noble efforts?"]

I won't let you harm them. Our Solider – Jomy Marcus Shin – won't let you harm them. Let us be, Keith...The humans abandoned that planet a long time ago!

[It's gone, and Keith says no more of what drives his own pain and anger. He merely speaks as if discussing the ever-rainy weather.]

You're talking about the past. Your people's time on Silvester 7 is done.

You're familiar with the Megiddo?

Megiddo? [confusion, mixed in with a rising outrage over this deadpan delivery of threats and...

Megiddo. wait–]

...Keith, what have you done? Y–[he bites off the sound, trying to grasp at a fragmented, hazy thought. Megiddo. a tree. a stranger – Mu stranger – in agony.]

You wouldn't know the name. It's a weapon that has been used on the Mu once before, I believe.

What have I done? I've carried out Mother's will. I'll continue when I return. Some Mu may have escaped their planet's destruction, but that won't last.

Keith, no. [hand to his temple, trying to press the images out or into focus.

fire and the barrel of a gun. Keith. and Physis.]

Do you think to stop me with words, Soldier Blue?

[The smallest smile.]

[looking up with that SINGLE PERFECT TEAR because shojo mangaka.]

It won't be my words, will it? It won't be me at all. But you will stop. [Jomy.]

Think that if you like. The dead should be allowed their delusions.

[well, that's the black bird. but Keith isn't part of that, is he?]

Both of us are still breathing, Keith.

A side effect of the Initiative's meddling. Unfortunate. They seem not to realize: the Mu will cause them more trouble than they're worth.

[dammit Keith.]

You'll never be so certain of that.

I am as certain of my view as you are of yours, Soldier Blue. You sacrificed your life for it; I would do the same for mine. There can be no peace between us.

The same is true of humanity and the Mu.

[an unsteady stare for a length.]

...My time here has shown otherwise. I can only hope there is time for you, too, to see it as well.

Hope is meaningless.

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