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[heyboss]

The mind is adaptable. More than we give it credit for.

Also, I have exceptional coping skills.

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[cactusy]

[So does she, in theory. And yet, and yet, and yet.]

Huh.

Okay.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

Why do you ask?

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[cactusy]

I'm, uh-- soliciting opinions, I guess. Yours seemed like a unique perspective. Norton's from around your time, too, but his world has extraterrestrial contact.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

What are you going to do when you have enough opinions?

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[cactusy]

I don't know. I'm just looking for one that makes sense to me.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

What would your answer be?

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[cactusy]

You mean where would I be on a scale of one to ten?

Re: audio

[heyboss]

Yes.

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[cactusy]

Eight, eight-point-five.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

Why?

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[cactusy]

That's kind of a vague question. Is that a "Why is it so high, you should just leave" or a "Why is it so low when you act like you're at a 10"?

Re: audio

[heyboss]

Do you act like you're at a ten?

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[cactusy]

Enough that I've gotten the "if you hate it here so much you're always free to leave" conversation a couple times.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

Then that's my question. Why is it so low even though you act like a ten?

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[cactusy]

Because if it's real, it's worth it. Ten is "I would leave right now", right?

Re: audio

[heyboss]

[Uh oh.]

You don't think this is real?

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[cactusy]

[Oopsie!]

Uh-- I don't know, probably not. I kinda go back and forth; right now I'm leaning towards no.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

What makes you think it's not.

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[cactusy]

Look, am I freaking you out? If I'm freaking you out, don't worry about it.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

You're not freaking me out.

Does it worry you to talk about it?

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[cactusy]

Just makes me kind of tired.

I have experience with people trying to mess with my sense of reality. It's, uh-- look, you know the Enclosure? I spent about a year in something like that, being run through a bunch of scenarios. All of them were designed to make me think they were real, and all of them were designed to get intel out of me.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

You hinted at that when we first met.

So you think this might be the same thing?

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[cactusy]

Yeah.

Re: audio

[heyboss]

Can I tell you a story?