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I'll keep this short and to the point to give you guys time to strategize, catch up, all of that.

Congrats on your Magatus missions. Looks like everything's been cleared out as best as we can, but the region's been evacuated thanks to a couple of factors.

The new problem is we just added a bunch of people to city limits.

I've got some good news and some bad news.

Bad news: need some people out in Pesgare to do some deepdiving and recovery. It doesn't look like there's anything out there that'll kill you, but I need something from down there to stabilize Recollé itself.

Good news: got the subway working. Did you know it was just about coding? That's a little crazy to me and okay, I might have found out on accident, but…whatever was blocking exits from the city was just a false creation.

It means getting out of here and checking out the progress outside. The trains will be ready for departure in about a week, I'll get some maps drawn up and everything. I could really use some of you on location scouting.

Finally…who knows about machinery? We've got a problem we should probably look into, but keeping track of that eye's a huge pain in the ass.

Discuss, get in touch with me, prepare. You know the drill.

Zee Carlisle
Hiring Manager
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”I need your help” seems accurate. Hello, Rean!

I haven’t been as graceful as my last coming, but I have gained some ferocity in the midst of battle, and a little more fluidity with my brush. When have I thought to ever speak of battle, perhaps never in this lifetime, and here I am.

I think you're being a bit generous, there, Ahmi. That sounds like asking.

Yeah... it's crazy that we can even seriously talk about this. But here we are, indeed...

Sounds like you've got a useful array of skills. (Actually, I'd love to hear more about them sometime... they sound fascinating.) I'll add you to the list. Thank you.

It sounds the same to me ☺️

As the days go by, even more old friends come to visit me. I’d love to sit and chat about it if you would. Are you compiling a public list?

There's a difference between asking and demanding...

I would love to, if you can spare the time.

Yeah. Hopefully by the next big post I'll have something together. Really, right now it's just so we can know who we can rely on, just in case.

Some people are not good at wording their desires, I suppose!

Boy, there are twenty four hours in a day. There is certainly time to spare for everything if we use it wisely 🙏 What’s even better! I have a feeling it will help bring many of us together. Excellent thinking.

You have a little too much faith in us, Ahmi

Some people are bad at wording their desires. Some people are just unhelpful jerks who are totally okay with throwing us under the bus for their gain.

And ahaha... using all the time in a day wisely. That sure is a concept...

That is love at its finest, in my case. And in case of the unhelpful, well. They might be the ones who need the most help.

You have trouble with that?

I guess I should probably be expecting utmost kindness from you, huh.

I think most humans do.

All my love, Rean! All of it.

Have you ever heard of Time Traps?

Can't say as I have. Mind elaborating?

It starts like I’m sure you’ve felt before. I do not have time for this, or for that, and goodness, look at the time, I overslept! I don’t have enough time for that either! I’m late! The horror! A blink after, and you see yourself: in a looping pocket where you have done nothing. What’s worse! It robs you of your time, your energy, and your focus, loop after loop.

They are a demise we create for ourselves when we do not have one very simple, yet very difficult thing to come by: a honed sense of priority.

I... huh. Yeah, now that you put it like that, yeah. I know that feeling well.

But... yeah. You're too right when you say that's difficult to come by...

But not difficult to learn once you are aware. How many times have you allowed yourself to say “no” to others in your young life?

[...

Wow, Ahmi. Way to call him out.]

If people need help, I want to help them.

[That's not an answer to her question, but it should probably tell her enough about who Rean is as a person. Which is to say, he doesn't say no. Ever.]

I know that just by looking at your heart, my dear. It doesn’t fit in the human rib cage you were given. I am the very same way, it is what I was born to do. And what makes us happy, yes?

So we must say no to other things every so often. That is priority.

(But do not say no to food and naps. Never say no to those.)

It does make me happy, yes. I'd say it's almost distressing how easily you can see through me, but... I suppose it kind of comes with your territory now.

...Ahaha. Always yes to food and naps, huh? Wisdom from a wolf, indeed.

Mothers, Rean. Mothers know.

Food and naps are the universal priority! But now that you’ve mentioned wolfish tastes, I’ll suggest one: rolling in the grass.

...Ha. You know, I haven't really done that since I was a kid.

Once it warms up a little more, maybe I'll see if I can't find a hill to roll down. Just for nostalgia's sake.

Crow said the same thing! Take him with you, he might have forgotten when I told him to try it again, too.

Find a little spot of shade, and you know what else? Sleep in it.