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[recollecters]

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[hauntedsavior]

All right, well, that's fucking terrifying, but it's as likely a possibility as anything else.

I don't hate Annalise. She was just really self-serving, I guess? Didn't care about things until they were a problem for her personally. And if that's the way other people want to live, go for it, but that's definitely not the way I live. And nobody with my name should ever act like that.

[servileness]

I was told I had a strong imagination when I was younger. We don't really have any evidence to rule it out.

Was she really that self-serving? She expressed enough care even though we knew each other less than you and I do. I'm not saying you two are the same because you're not. Circumstances change so much.

[hauntedsavior]

She only changed when something happened to make her more like me. That's the way I remember it, at least. But it's not important. She's not here anymore.

I'll take all the theories we can get, no matter how scary. At least one of them is bound to be right.

[servileness]

It's who you could have been, if your circumstances were different. I'll leave it there.

It's better to find more likely theories than list every one possible. Efficiency serves to save headaches.

[hauntedsavior]

Yeah. Glad they aren't.

Wanted to say something sarcastic here, but "push the limits so you can see how far until they push back" is basically what everyone like him thinks like. That alpha test theory really isn't too far off, huh? Shit.

[servileness]

Wait. What do you mean by the alpha test theory?

[hauntedsavior]

The thing you said about someone maybe hacking the system just to see if they could. It fits with the MO of people who want to get away with worse and worse shit because anyone who cares is powerless to stop them.

[servileness]

[ celene I'M DUMB not clover ]

Right. It's reprehensible. People shouldn't be toyed with like this.

You've had to witness a version of yourself you'd rather not be like, and I...

You know what happened.

[hauntedsavior]

[YOURE WONDERFUL SHHHH i do it all the time]

Yeah.

When you put it like that, I almost sound like an asshole.

[servileness]

That wasn't my intention.

I meant, if their attempt to hijack the system is what led us to experience those two months, it... it's terrible. I didn't mean to make it seem like you were insensitive.

[ For once, she didn't actually mean to be passive-aggressive. Amazing. ]

[hauntedsavior]

It's fine, I'm kind of an asshole already anyway.

All of it's terrible. This whole time I was worried about turning into a robot and having someone else control me, and they can just do that when I'm still mostly human, which is cool. All the more reason to stop him before he gets any bolder.

[servileness]

There are many crueler than you.

From that report from Tatsuo Kihara and Derek Matthews, it seems he's already bold enough. He'll do whatever he wants, dead or alive.

[hauntedsavior]

Yep. So you can see where I'm coming from a little better when I'm putting everything I have into getting rid of him for good.

Even if he weren't changing everything around us (or not, because who knows what he's doing, really), he still thinks he gets to decide who lives and who dies. He still thinks that he knows which people deserve to survive. And if he has followers, you know they all think they're on that list, but somebody like him only cares about himself. He'll kill them in a second as soon as he gets what he wants. That's how genocidal maniacs always work.

Sorry. Kind of a hot button with me.

[servileness]

I understand. I know someone like him doesn't have a heart and wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone who he thinks is in his way or is against him.

But we need a direction. How do we find him or his supporters when we can't even do that with Retrospec?

[hauntedsavior]

People like him are easy to find. They think they're untouchable because they have power.

I'll figure it out.