7. Public + messages to David & Iris

[exnihilo]

[Private to David 8]

I wasn't any different there. That I could tell.



[Public, voice]

How many people have you been? How many people have you pretended to be?

[She's not sure where exactly the distinction is between these things.]

You may estimate.



[Private to Iris]

I'd like to be allowed in the labs. I've been researching hydroponics.

Comments

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

Why do you ask this?

voice;

[exnihilo]

I was made to be a weapon. I've pretended to be a lot of people, but I don't feel like one very often.

I asked because I'm interested.

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

[Well, that sounds a bit familiar.]

What's your name?

voice;

[exnihilo]

Mira Hidalgo.

That's what the Gods told me, anyway. And it feels more like mine than the others. So I use it.

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

Gods? There's only one God.

voice;

[exnihilo]

Perhaps you have only met one.

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

How many have you met?

voice;

[exnihilo]

Meet is the wrong word, maybe. A god is too big to ever be in just one place. And I don't remember - a lot.

But they've spoken to me, several of them.

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

What did they speak of?

voice;

[exnihilo]

They told me who to kill.

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

[This is starting to be a theme with a lot of people she's been talking to.]

Is that why you're here? Doing their work?

voice;

[exnihilo]

I don't know why I'm here. Maybe.

voice;

[adelphoktonos]

How long have you been on the ship?