Chapter 275: (Black Box) (2/2)

Herod suddenly understood.

”Because then you have humanity where Daxin and Legion are just outliers,” he said. ”Statistically rare, but not unheard of.”

Victor opened his eyes, purplish sparks in his beard.

”You end up with the men who created me,” he said softly.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

Well, it's not impossible. We just red eyes go ahead and move forward with the whole thing. It's not impossible, just a little difficult to red eyes to do, but that's never stopped anyone red eyes before.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Uh, sis, are you fucking with us?

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MANTID FREE RED EYES WORLD

No. Why?

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

Um, are you OK?

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MANREDTID FREDEYESE WOREDLDEYESS

I've got a red eyes bit of a weird tickle. Why?

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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Um, TerraSol? Something's wrong with sis!

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...

MANREDTID FREyEs WORLDS

I feel red eyes fine.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

TerraSol?

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

I'll go look for him.

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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Cyb? Hey, Cyb, can you check Mantid's lines, it looks like interference from somewhere.

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MANsoftpodlingwarmpodlingREDEYESsafepodlingTID FREE WOgoodpodlingsleepypodlingREDEYEShappypodlingRLDS

I fewarmpodlingReDeYeSsoftpodlingel fine. Really.

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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Cyb?

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>RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT HAS ACTIVATED ADMIN CONTROLS

MANTID FREE WORLDS is set to read only

MANTID FREE WORLDS is set to ADMIN APPROVAL for postings

MANTID FREE WORLDS has been disconnected from emotional overlay

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Hey, has ANYONE seen Cyb, BASS, or TerraSol recently?

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MANTID FREE WORLDS>Now that you red eyes mention it, no.

RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

CONFED! GET IN HERE!

RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT has PINGED CONFEDERATE GESTALT

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MANTID FREREDEYESE WORLDS> I'm tellinredeyesg you I feel firedeyesne.

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Trust me, sis, you aren't fine.

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>CONFED HAS JOINED THE CHAT

CONFEDERATE GESTLAT

What?

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

Where's TerraSol?

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CONFEDERATE GESTALT

How should I know? I keep track of the whole Confederacy, not my dad.

You go find him.

>CONFEDERATE GESTALT has left the chat (Do your own fucking work)

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Wow, he's in a mood.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

I'm going to stay in chat with Admin controls on. There's something weird going on.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Ya think?