There is no need to apologize. You are a doctor — your instinct is to offer comfort when you feel it due. You do not know me well enough to make another choice, and I would not wish to discourage you from that instinct.
（ his time in ximilia has blunted the edge of his ire. he would have ignored the apology altogether a year ago. ）
In Kilnan, memories were shared between members of the crew when certain circumstances were met. Memory loss — yes. It is a potential side-effect of altering
（ well, that's a horrific fucking thought.
mccoy had told him once, he had considered it.
i thought about changing it for you.
the man had been intoxicated at the time, and itachi had presumed he had been forcible enough in his refutation that mccoy would have laid all thought of doing so to rest.
it is not often itachi is driven to experience fear. now, it crawls along his veins like wintrous ichor. there is barely a hiccup in the words sent via the earpiece. perhaps simply a glitch, given their circumstance. ）
one's regret. Which implies that the orbs can shift, remove or replace them as they wish when given appropriate impetus to do so.
I appreciate that, Itachi-san. [is about all he can say to that, really; as has been the case every time Yujin has spoken to the young man, Itachi is... difficult to decipher. But he's polite about it, anyway.
As for the explanation? Yujin, indeed believing the brief blip to be a glitch in the headsets, doesn't note the interruption-- but the revelation does give him pause. Unseen, he pinches the bridge of his nose. With the orbs, the issues do seem to be endless.]
That's incredibly concerning. If they can manipulate our memories to such an degree-- even outside of changing one's regret-- who is to say this will not continue to happen? They are entities of chaos. To the orbs, anything might be an "appropriate impetus".
Might I suggest, sensei, that you take the opportunity to write down anything of import to you in a manner that would convince you should the same fate befall you?
（ he's already done as much, a series of complex ciphers that can only be decoded with the sharingan. but not everyone has that luxury. ）
I would argue that. It is predictable in two things — their lust for chaos and for cruelty. Some of the orbs, individually, have been less malevolent than others. The one in Kilnan was more petulant, like a selfish child. The one in Badrock was perhaps the worst we have faced so far.
But they are all parts of a larger whole, and that cannot be discounted.
I do not doubt you, but I haven't sensed any sort of will or motivation from the three orbs that were gathered during my time here. Perhaps we were fortunate with those.
I don't believe it has anything to do with observational skills, sensei. You are correct in saying that the last three we have returned to the Ximilia have not been as overtly terrible as some of those encountered in my time here.
However, our luck cannot hold forever. It is possible that the next world we visit, or the next, will represent a return to form. Be on your guard.
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（ his time in ximilia has blunted the edge of his ire. he would have ignored the apology altogether a year ago. ）
In Kilnan, memories were shared between members of the crew when certain circumstances were met. Memory loss — yes. It is a potential side-effect of altering
（ well, that's a horrific fucking thought.
mccoy had told him once, he had considered it.
i thought about changing it for you.
the man had been intoxicated at the time, and itachi had presumed he had been forcible enough in his refutation that mccoy would have laid all thought of doing so to rest.
it is not often itachi is driven to experience fear. now, it crawls along his veins like wintrous ichor. there is barely a hiccup in the words sent via the earpiece. perhaps simply a glitch, given their circumstance. ）
one's regret. Which implies that the orbs can shift, remove or replace them as they wish when given appropriate impetus to do so.
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As for the explanation? Yujin, indeed believing the brief blip to be a glitch in the headsets, doesn't note the interruption-- but the revelation does give him pause. Unseen, he pinches the bridge of his nose. With the orbs, the issues do seem to be endless.]
That's incredibly concerning. If they can manipulate our memories to such an degree-- even outside of changing one's regret-- who is to say this will not continue to happen? They are entities of chaos. To the orbs, anything might be an "appropriate impetus".
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Might I suggest, sensei, that you take the opportunity to write down anything of import to you in a manner that would convince you should the same fate befall you?
（ he's already done as much, a series of complex ciphers that can only be decoded with the sharingan. but not everyone has that luxury. ）
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[Which are also littered with slightly-less-complex ciphers, you know, just cagey guy things.]
I have little desire to alter my regret, but if I have learned anything from my time here, it is that the will of the orbs is unpredictable.
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But they are all parts of a larger whole, and that cannot be discounted.
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I do not doubt you, but I haven't sensed any sort of will or motivation from the three orbs that were gathered during my time here. Perhaps we were fortunate with those.
Or I'm simply not as observant as I should be.
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However, our luck cannot hold forever. It is possible that the next world we visit, or the next, will represent a return to form. Be on your guard.