[There's a part of Clara that doesn't mind playing. She can omit as much context as she wants and there's a certain freeing aspect to seeing the words she's thought flicker on the digital screen before her. These people wouldn't have consequences to follow her back in her own world, after all.]
If I had run from that situation then it would have continued to hurt countless others. I wanted to end it and I wanted to see the end with my own eyes.
[An edited bit of honesty that makes herself sound better. She feels like it will ruin her chances of sex friends if she says: I needed to see them hurt like they hurt me.]
It might have been better for myself as a person if I had run, of course. She never cared about big things but she did care about me.
Ahh, a situation like that, huh. That's noble of you-- and wise of whoever gave you that advice. Sounds like she knew the benefits of strategic retreats, huh?
[And more importantly: it sounds like it's a lot more literal than what Natori was thinking, which puts this conversation back on safer ground.]
Haha, "okay" is better than the alternative! I have heard from a few people that they prefer this place to where they were before, but that probably isn't the ideal, huh.
Well, it's supposed to be a vacation, isn't it? Maybe some people are able to look on the bright side and enjoy it while they have it!
[Not him, though. But nevertheless... He thinks back to the tiny, windowless room he was assigned here, to having to be emotionally vulnerable (read: have sex with either strangers or his ex), to the fact that he's one exorcist staring down the biggest case of spiriting away he's ever heard of with no resources and support, and...]
For example: I can catch up on sleep while I'm here? Haha. I've only just arrived recently, so maybe I just need more time to find the finer things about this place.
[She can't fathom someone simply enjoying their time here. She can understand it in an abstract way but she can't picture anyone actually acting on the idea and just kicking back. A vacation... a kidnapping vacation.]
There are some interesting things. The technology here is far beyond what exists in my own world.
I feel as though the lack of responsibilities is another downside. At least you can use this time to look after your health. Please try to eat well, too.
[Not that she knows anything about a lack of sleep or varied diet. She doesn't even know if it's possible to budget a healthy diet on what the monthly stipend or reward money paid out. She just gets her blood bags from the clinic. Still, humans had to be careful about such things.]
Ahh, are you new to these things as well? My agent has a PDA, but I've never used one myself, and this is much more advanced than hers anyway!
[Which does date him very firmly to a specific moment in history.]
Yes, yes, I've heard it all before! Three square meals a day, thirty minutes of physical activity three times a week, and... what is it, four hours of sleep a night? Something like that.
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If I had run from that situation then it would have continued to hurt countless others. I wanted to end it and I wanted to see the end with my own eyes.
[An edited bit of honesty that makes herself sound better. She feels like it will ruin her chances of sex friends if she says: I needed to see them hurt like they hurt me.]
It might have been better for myself as a person if I had run, of course. She never cared about big things but she did care about me.
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[And more importantly: it sounds like it's a lot more literal than what Natori was thinking, which puts this conversation back on safer ground.]
I hope it all worked out okay regardless?
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She was an escape expert for better or for worse.
[The affection she feels doesn't bleed through to the text, of course. She likes that about the rigid, undifferentiated text of the digital screen.]
I would say it falls in the general range of "okay." It is important enough to me than I am motivated to return.
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I'll do a truth as well.
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[Even at her worst, she can't think that escaping to another world would fix anything.]
Hm. Is there anything here that you like better than your home?
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[Not him, though. But nevertheless... He thinks back to the tiny, windowless room he was assigned here, to having to be emotionally vulnerable (read: have sex with either strangers or his ex), to the fact that he's one exorcist staring down the biggest case of spiriting away he's ever heard of with no resources and support, and...]
For example: I can catch up on sleep while I'm here? Haha. I've only just arrived recently, so maybe I just need more time to find the finer things about this place.
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There are some interesting things. The technology here is far beyond what exists in my own world.
I feel as though the lack of responsibilities is another downside. At least you can use this time to look after your health. Please try to eat well, too.
[Not that she knows anything about a lack of sleep or varied diet. She doesn't even know if it's possible to budget a healthy diet on what the monthly stipend or reward money paid out. She just gets her blood bags from the clinic. Still, humans had to be careful about such things.]
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[Which does date him very firmly to a specific moment in history.]
Yes, yes, I've heard it all before! Three square meals a day, thirty minutes of physical activity three times a week, and... what is it, four hours of sleep a night? Something like that.