Audience - Yves

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[hotfixer]

Twenty. A year too young to legally make his own choices.

[noirges]

[ i hate that in virche years this is totally adult age in fact you're entering your twilight years ]

... I guess there's a lot about your society that I don't understand.

[hotfixer]

[ be on her side. you know you want to. (no...) ]

That's a very common sentiment.

[noirges]

There's a lot of dynamics that seem... complicated.

[ to say the least, ]

But I know that you meant well. I know that your heart was definitely in the right place so I can at least say... I'm sorry that didn't work out.

[hotfixer]

Thank you for the thought.

The situation got... confusing at the end, so. I don't know what to make of it, honestly. I don't know how to feel.

[noirges]

What happened...? Can you try to explain it to me? I'll do my best to follow...

[hotfixer]

[ BUT MY YVES MEM, DANA. ]

Well... His emulation corrupted beyond repair. But then Maddie was there. In the cloud. Even though she had never wanted to upload and shouldn't have had the time to do so. Her son, too.

And then she brought Caspian back, somehow. And then they both disappeared. And then our dad was there, and he was going to explain everything, and I waited very patiently for a few minutes. But then he didn't have an explanation after all.

[noirges]

[ i know i'm sorry they're in the middle of a conversation help ]

.... none at all? How does that even happen?

[hotfixer]

I don't know but it was very upsetting!

[noirges]

[ just squeezing her hand again... ]

Have you talked to Gamaliel—uh, Maddie about this?

[hotfixer]

She wouldn't tell me anything if I tried.

[noirges]

[ pouts... ]

Family dynamics seem complicated... I won't invite myself anywhere I don't belong, but let me know if I can help anywhere, okay?

[ holds her hand between both of his own ]

I know you both love each other. I do think that'll let everything work out eventually. It just might take a few bumps along the way.

[hotfixer]

Thank you. But I think it's just always going to be like this.

[ which she doesn't love, but she'll take 'generally talking and getting along even if i'm confused as hell' over how things were before. ]

But you're right. She's my family, and I love her more than anyone. So it's okay.

[noirges]

[ well... at least that's something. yves smiles ]

I'm still glad you have each other, even if things are confusing.

[ anyway homewrecking mem for cola

You're so kind that it's scary... ]

[hotfixer]

[ MY HOMEWRECKING!!!! ]

Two days behind bars for stabbing someone with poison?

[ why is this what she's stuck on. ]

[noirges]

They were right I wasn't going to press charges...

[hotfixer]

Why not? He could have killed you!

[noirges]

Oh, I don't think the wound was deep enough for that. Scien patched me up in an evening...

[hotfixer]

"Could have," not "almost did."

But even assault usually ends in more time than that.

[noirges]

[ he looks sheepish ]

Well, we weren't even the official law enforcement on the island... so we did the best we could with what we had.

[hotfixer]

Do you think it's better that someone capable of stabbing a stranger with poison isn't reported to the authorities? That they're on the street?

[noirges]

The authorities wouldn't do anything about it, Ramiel. They don't care what happens out in Coene, where the commoners are.

[hotfixer]

[ FROWNY. ]

But commoners are the majority of a society. [ IT'S IN THE NAME!! THEY'RE COMMON!! ]

[noirges]

[ nods ]

I know. It's not really all that fair. Either way, I trust Adolphe's judgment. He always led us really well when he was in charge of the Corps.

He was always reasonable and level-headed, even when the rest of our country felt... difficult to live in.

[hotfixer]

I suppose it's natural that a community starts to take care of themselves if no authority figures will...

Do you know what happened to that man afterwards?