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It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm afraid things are really quite busy here, and unfortunately our liaison has been compromised. Well...so have a lot of people, actually.

Are you still yourself if you're not the self you were? It's the kind of conversation we've had a lot of times, around here. I've always only been myself, but if I woke up tomorrow as someone else, would I still be me even if I wasn't?

I think rather than worrying about that the best thing I can do is focus on trying to sort things out as best I can. I'm a little worried, actually, but I think I can manage to give everyone a shot even if I can't fix things on my own or even with everyone's help.

But you can help! Or at least I think it will help if you think about what it means to be "you". It's okay if that answer changes or doesn't. Just hold onto that concept and don't let it go. And maybe tell other people what you think it means? Not like I'm saying you have to talk about that. I think usually you all just talk about anything, and I think that is also a good way to hold onto who you are and who you want to be. Sometimes I think it'd be fun, all those parties or little plans. I've never spent much time outside of these walls, did you know?

I don't have time to really ramble, though. Those of you who know what I mean, we're doing our best. Those of you who don't, you do your best too. Pay attention to the things you tell yourself, and I'll try to fix what I can fix.

Please take care.

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retr

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Looks like you got the explanations you needed, so good luck with reintegration.

Thanks, Eren. From what I can tell so far, the hardest part is just gonna be figuring out last month. I mean, my mind's telling me that I saw Vera last month, even if she was busier than usual. I still saw her; we talked and things were pretty normal. But to everyone else, that never happened. Those conversations weren't real.

It'll take some getting used to, that's for sure.

What about you? Elliot was telling me about some of the stuff you guys were doing last month.

A lot of tasks Carlisle set up to generate energy and get the city’s layers all on the same page. I wouldn’t complain about them.

What do you mean, those conversations weren’t real?

To her, we never had them. For instance, I remember us talking about whether our groomsmen should have vests or cummerbunds and making other decisions about the wedding... but Vera doesn't remember that. From her point of view, we never had that conversation because she was on the same layer as everybody else on Retrospec and I wasn't.

That's the sort of thing I mean.

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