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## Summary

Ori asks the Narrator about their motive and gets the test results back for their Gift.

## Transcript

### Panel 1

* Assuming that we buy for even one second that you don't care about us - which we don't. We really, really don't. Narrator pls. - and that this is a purely professional relationship, then what's in this for you? What do you get out of this?

Narrator: HOW DO I PUT THIS... *I* GET TO SEE YOU BE A LITTLE, SHALL WE SAY, HM. **LESS DEAD.**

### Panel 2

Ori (To Narrator): less d-- what??

I DON'T MEAN TO THREATEN YOU--BUT THIS IS THE TRUTH: YOUR LIFE HAS TURNED ONTO A DANGEROUS PATH, ORI. I ONLY WANT YOU **TO LIVE.**

Ori (To Narrator): wh- what do you know? how do you know i'm in danger? w-who **ARE** you?

**I'M**

**THE**

**NARRATOR**

### Panel 3

* Why do you want to help us find Rigel, Narrator?

...BECAUSE I CAN'T **STOP** YOU. I CAN ONLY WATCH OVER YOU AS YOU TRY, AND KEEP YOU SAFE AS MUCH AS I CAN-- I DON'T CARE ABOUT **RIGEL.** BUT IF YOUR LIFE HINGES ON HER, THEN OUR GOALS ARE CONNECTED-- SO I'LL HELP YOU. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT **TAKES.**

### Panel 4

Nurse: **ORION!** Are you getting tired? We're almost done, I promise!

### Panel 5

Ori (Internal): ....i just don't get it.

SORRY. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO GET IT.

Collie: ...Uhm, Narr, are you OK? You're bleeding.

### Panel 6

Collie: ...Narrator?

...I JUST BROKE SOMETHING. NO BIG DEAL.

Collie: What **was** that? I know you're kinda **edgy,** but that was a bit muc--

Narrator: COLLIE. I'M NOT IN THE MOOD.

### Panel 7

Collie: --I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. My bad. ...Is there a reason you won't let them near you?

...IT REALLY IS FOR THEIR SAKE. THEY DON'T KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES. IT SHOULD BE FINE TO ACT FRIENDLY, BUT **I KNOW** THIS SLIPPERY SLOPE. IF ORI GETS TOO CLOSE TO ME--TOO **COMFORTABLE** WITH ME, THEN... EVENTUALLY, AND EVEN **INEVITABLY,** THAT WORLD BECOMES FORFEIT-

### Panel 8

DON'T YOU THINK I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE? DONE IT?

### Panel 9

Collie: You don't mean...

YES. THOSE WORLDS ARE THE WORST. IT'S ALWAYS AS IF I KILL THEM MYSELF.

### Panel 10

IT IS BETTER TO **HURT THEIR FEELINGS** THAN TO **KILL** THEM.

### Panel 12

THESE CRYSTALS- THEY'RE ALL FAILED WORLDS. **THEY'RE ALL DEAD!**

### Panel 13

Collie: Narrator, **How long** have you been doing this?

### Panel 15

DISPLAY ALL WORLD STATISTICS?

>\_

>YES\_

### Panel 16

LOADING...

ERROR

The console has encountered a fatal error.

error code: 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

### Panel 18

EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN INITIATED

ADMINISTRATOR CODE: 999999999

THE CONSOLE WILL RESTART AUTOMATICALLY.\_

### Panel 19

Narrator: A HA HA THE STATS DON'T MATTER

SYSTEM BOOTING...

Collie: Are you okay!?

Narrator: IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PLAY. I ALWAYS LOSE.

Collie: You didn't have to do that.

Narrator: YOU WOULD'VE CALLED ME A COWARD IF I HADN'T.

BOOT SUCCESSFUL.

VISUALINK SYSTEM 1.2.x LAUNCHED.

### Panel 20

Collie: Still... To think your setup is linked right to your psyche... Sure, it's neat that it shuts you out if you're in danger...

REFINING VISUALINK...

Collie: But I ***don't*** want to see you intentionally provoking damage to ***your own psyche*** again.

REFINING VISUALINK...

### Panel 21

Narrator: THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, YOU KNOW. I'VE ONLY GOT 3 RESETS LEFT IN ME.

VISULALLINK 1.2.x: ALL SYSTEMS RESTORED. THANK YOU!

DISABLING HELP TEXT NOW. GOODBYE!

### Panel 22

Collie: ...

Nurse: ...and here's a printout of all the results.

### Panel 24

(Nurse hands paper to Ori)

Blood magic quotient: 0

...traumatic forcebreak: None

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