[And she used that against them. March shivers a little, hunching further into her hoodie.]
I was. I heard—two of my closest friends, the ones I left behind when I got here. [And the ship had seized on her memories of Himeko and Welt, knowing that she'd listen to them, knowing they were the people she missed the most. She'd never even questioned their presence.] Miss Himeko and Mr. Yang—they're some of the best people I know. I thought...oh, good, they're here, they can help. I can help.
[A sigh.]
And a part of that helping was—did they tell you about this gravity core in the ship? They were using it to travel across the stars, but it...there was something inside it. If you looked at it too closely—
[She cuts herself off, then wraps her arms around her torso and makes a quiet little noise.]
I—I was in the room. When it went off. Me and a bunch of others. It dragged us in, and I don't—I don't remember what I saw in it. I just know it made us all go insane.
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[And she used that against them. March shivers a little, hunching further into her hoodie.]
I was. I heard—two of my closest friends, the ones I left behind when I got here. [And the ship had seized on her memories of Himeko and Welt, knowing that she'd listen to them, knowing they were the people she missed the most. She'd never even questioned their presence.] Miss Himeko and Mr. Yang—they're some of the best people I know. I thought...oh, good, they're here, they can help. I can help.
[A sigh.]
And a part of that helping was—did they tell you about this gravity core in the ship? They were using it to travel across the stars, but it...there was something inside it. If you looked at it too closely—
[She cuts herself off, then wraps her arms around her torso and makes a quiet little noise.]
I—I was in the room. When it went off. Me and a bunch of others. It dragged us in, and I don't—I don't remember what I saw in it. I just know it made us all go insane.