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Nutty times around here, huh? It's nice to see things happening, even if it's stuff like "spaceship crashing into building you call home, inevitable relocation into a room with three other people." There are worse things.

[Grump grump. She just sounds dry. It's a little overcrowded here for a girl who likes her privacy, but whatcha gonna do...]

And now a trip home. Or a try for it. What good news for everyone who doesn't want to be here, maybe - if it works they could as well just install a revolving door and kick the people who won't have with fighting in a surprise war right back home. It could make life pretty difficult for the Initiative if it works out, if nobody'll stick around from the goodness of their hearts, or whatever.

It's the first time I've seen a place manage that though. So that's something.

Anyhow, welcome in to all you new people, I hope the Hold has been kind so far. If you're homesick cheer up, it could be so much more terrible around these parts. The group missions aren't so bad. You got armed and you got money and maybe you won't even be here a long time. The future looks bright, right?

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[speakveryclearly]

There has to be some portion of their budget allocated to transport salaries. And of course reallocation of most of those funds would be perfectly reasonable considering their status as thoroughly strapped for cash.

But if the exodus is as widespread as some people imply it might be, you'd think there will be some appreciation for our loyalty.

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You'd stick around?

[speakveryclearly]

You couldn't pay me to leave.

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Haha. Then the Initiative got lucky with some.

[speakveryclearly]

Ha. It doesn't happen often.

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Some are just stupid. Of course we should all keep an eye on things, but for now I think they're the better side...

[speakveryclearly]

Would you keep me company or abandon the cause?

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I'm not sure how much there is to go back to, and their cause is good...

[speakveryclearly]

I'm sorry. The case is similar for me, but it's probably for the best that's unusual among transports.

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Mm, yeah. I'm glad those rebellions people were cooking up kind of didn't go anywhere, though.

[speakveryclearly]

That would have been a disaster all around.

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I dunno. It's the best world I've been through.

[speakveryclearly]

Huh. I don't hear that from humans very often...

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Well... I'd belong at home. But otherwise, it's the best world I've traveled to.

[speakveryclearly]

Belong? Interesting. I've given up on that concept myself.

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I guess it's an optimistic one.

[speakveryclearly]

It's certainly an appealing notion.

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It's where I was born and raised. I belong there if I belong anywhere.

[speakveryclearly]

Do you think it's possible? To go back to an existence without ever-looming threat of interdimensional grubnapping?

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Maybe if you get some memories taken out before going.

[speakveryclearly]

That's what I don't understand about the claims that even if we've been here our original timelines won't change. Can't our memories effect our behavior?

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I don't understand how time works anyway, I guess. Or, well, they can't really know, can they?

[speakveryclearly]

I hear something different from everyone I ask...

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They can't pick who they bring in. How much can they really know?

[speakveryclearly]

I have a conspiracy theorist friend who thinks they're just telling us that they can't pick.