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Who: Leto and You
Broadcast: Text
Action: SS Blameless
When: Now

Since the Atroma so kindly plagiarized my last game, which in turn makes me wonder how much of the broadcasts they actually pay attention to, I thought I'd offer something new.

What can't you live without? And what do you have that you would give up for it?

Or alternatively: Your favourite fantasy with the Atroma. If you must be graphic about it, do be tasteful.

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Naming something so precious seems like an excellent way to have that thing taken away

That depends on whether you have one or whether you're not capable of doing that yourself.

No one is required to answer, of course.

[It's because he does]

Of course not. I'm simply advocating caution. The Atroma does not seem to be overly malicious, but how much can we afford to tempt fate?

How much are you willing to defy it?

Fate is not a temptress. Fear is.

I've seen people try. I grow tired of defiance.

Seeing people try is not the same as trying yourself. Or do you always measure yourself to other people?

Doesn't everyone?

Oh it's a very logical excuse, I'll give you that.

That was hardly an answer.

You ask a lot of questions, but I don't see much contribution.

I don't recall being asked to contribute.

Well, consider this that request. What would you least like to lose here? Or do you fear to give voice to it?

My connections, I suppose, though I'll lose those eventually. It's the nature of life.

I would agree, but we are not affected by time the same way here.

[ That . . . is hilarious but Leto will curb that emotion for now. ]

Aren't we? How do you define time then?

I can't say I've ever had cause to need to. What does it matter?

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It matters because how you are affected by time isn't determined by time itself. It's determined by you.

If you say you are not affected, it simply means that time means little for you here.

Being apathetic seems different than being out of it's reach entirely. At least in the way it matters to mortal people.

You're not out of its reach simply because you're immortal.

[ Even that is hilarious to him. ]

I am immortal. My memories span to the dawn of mankind. I see all avenues of time. Nothing is out of the reach of time.

[Leto, that's cheating]

How convenient for you.

Let me put it another way, then. We may not be out of the reach of time but we are held at one point within it. Or perhaps we are traveling a different branch of it. In any case, I see no evidence that anyone ages.

[ He is a great cheater, it's true. ]

Why is age an indicator? Surely time has moved forward for you. A relationship, a memory. A revelation.

That is time enough.

[He can't deny that wisdom]

Perhaps you are right.

But those things are tied to our time here. When we return home, time will remember none of it

Time remembers.

You might not. It goes back to the old question of the tree in the forest. If it falls, would it make a sound? After all there is no one to hear it.

But time hears all.

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