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[aurathread]

[Tsukasa's voice comes across the network. He's not talking about how scared he was during that thing, okay.]

Mm. My Persona woke up during that... stuff. I don't like it. I can't get rid of it, right?

[That's annoying. He's quiet for a few long moments before speaking again, tone a little flat.]

And... how do you know if you're real?

[And even if he is real, what if the him outside of the game is so different than the him in the game that they might as well be two people?]

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[aurathread]

Yeah. This is the character I created for the MMO.

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...MMO?

[What... does that mean...?]

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[Siiiigh.]

An MMORPG. A Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.

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[...

She understands those words individually, but when they're put together like that, it's like a whole different language.

So for the sake of clarification:]

Then... Right now, for some reason, you are a character from a video game?

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This is the character I made to play in that game. You control the character with a computer. But now there's no computer, and no sense of my actual body. This is 'me', but it's not my real body.

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But... how is that possible?

[aurathread]

My mind got trapped in my character's body by an evil AI - artificial intelligence. On the technical side? I have no idea.

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Trapped?

[Yeah that's basically the only part she understood, but it's enough.]

Do you-- Do you know if you will be alright?

[Her mind has been trapped elsewhere before, and certain measures needed to be taken to ensure her body's safety - she can't help but worry for him when he speaks of something similar.]

[aurathread]

Bear said he found my body at a hospital and that he'd... take care of me when I woke up. I think my father tried to do something to my body. He's the sort of person who'd take me off life support.

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...

[That's an... interesting name. But his father...]

...I'm so sorry. I... That must be horrible.

[It's not much at all, but there's genuine concern and sympathy behind her words at least.]

[aurathread]

I don't need your pity. I don't... I don't need anyone to feel sorry for me.

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[She bites her lip. She doesn't want to make Tsukasa uncomfortable...]

Is there... anything I could do for you, maybe?

[When in doubt, try to help!]

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I don't need help. I need answers.

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Then, is there anything I could do to assist you with those?

[aurathread]

... I don't know.

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[...]

...Well, at the very least, if there is anything you need aid with here, I can try to help with that.