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[hylights]

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[phaseflex]

the banquets?

[hylights]

I mean those times where the town puts on meals with tables, in public places. There's usually some sort of consequence for eating the food they offer in those times.

[phaseflex]

other than the cult last month, i haven't experienced that
is it truly common?
does that cult show its face more often than i thought?

[hylights]

I haven't seen the cult before now. But I know that food presented as banquets or parties in this place tends to be unsafe, more often than not.

It was that way when I got here, nearly half a year ago.

[phaseflex]

a good warning to heed
thank you
i'm sorry you've been here so long

[hylights]

Thank you, but I'm hardly worse off than anyone else. Others have been here much longer.

[phaseflex]

someone who has been shot in a non-fatal place has still been shot

[hylights]

I... suppose so. Not that I would put it that way.

[phaseflex]

i'm just saying
even if people have it worse
it doesn't mean your own pain is less in the face of it

[hylights]

That's very kind of you to say, Amara.

[And true. She would tell her friends the same thing, really.]

I hope I get to meet you in person sometime.