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[lingeringhope]

[Hope's voice is clear and clipped.]

If you would like to leave a message, you may do so here. I can't promise to respond. I have many demands on my time, and this sort of thing is far down the list. Still, if you would like to, you may.

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[purpleknee]

No one desired these books. Not a single person.

[He pulls one from a pile offscreen -- just how many has he gathered outside of his dumb little fort? -- and gestures meaningfully with it.]

I want real books! With information in a language I can understand and that isn't about some data that makes no sense anyway. Some of these don't even have anything in them! I want to learn about interesting things. Other worlds, other people. Not the mechanics of a tractor -- although that one was fascinating for a good forty minutes.

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[lingeringhope]

Not those. You were not here, so you can't be expected to remember. I gave each person who was here a book they could read. Surely some of them are still around somewhere. No doubt those will be interesting, if you can find them.

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[purpleknee]

[Huh. News to him... Makes him wonder why no one mentioned it before. Kind of pisses him off.]

...Okay. So that's maybe ten books at best? What's the point of this library? Why is it like this?

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[lingeringhope]

I didn't know how you might communicate. There are books in there you can read, yes? And there will be others that others can read. Entertain yourselves.

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[purpleknee]

None of the ones I can read are very interesting, Hope. Can't you --

[He stops and takes a deep breath, trying hard to squash that rush of anger that was so common these days.]

Couldn't you just try a little harder? You know us humans a little better now, right? Or have you remained an idiot with the creativity of a limp noodle?

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[lingeringhope]

Try a little harder to entertain you? I'm wasting all my energy keeping you alive. Entertain yourselves, unless you would rather me spend energy on translating books than keeping you alive.

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[purpleknee]

[With a long-suffering sign, Warrick pinches the bridge of his nose. He just...wants books... weh.]

...Keeping them alive. You're not really doing much for me.

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[lingeringhope]

That's good. You're rather unpleasant.

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[purpleknee]

[That might have gotten him to bark out a surprised laugh, once. He can feel that like a fuzzy memory. Except now, the fuzziness feels a little more like nausea. Angry nausea.]

That isn't my fault! [...well.] Okay, it's sort of my fault because I did it in the first place, but I didn't ask to be taken, or kept far away from Emma! If you want me to play nice, then figure out a replacement for my heart for yourself!

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[lingeringhope]

I don't particularly care if you play nice or not. It's your fellow residents here who will have an opinion on that.

Why do you need a heart?

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[purpleknee]

Because I don't have one, genius. And that tends to make one act, I don't know, heartless?

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[lingeringhope]

That isn't really my problem. If you wish to trade for a new one, that can be arranged.

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[purpleknee]

[Oh.

...Oh.

......

.........Well, he's just going to hang up, now. He isn't sure how to feel about that at the moment.]