After some time, Satori had something to say in response. Ted's rambling explanation didn't quite annoy her, but she still felt that something was wrong about what was being said.
"It's been some time since we've sat down for a serious talk, Ted. Albeit asynchronously. I've given some thought to your talk of archways being certain doom."
Namely that she'd dwelt in her comfortable home this long and hadn't vanished, yet. She tents her fingers a little as she watches the camera, shaking her head gently.
"If I may give you some comfort, I don't intend to die. Especially not when so many others depend on me. But Chireiden is my home and my sister's home. My pets also greatly depend on me and I would loathe to leave all of them."
If only she was speaking to him in person, maybe he'd understand. She'd had to arrange things, soon enough.
"From my experience and in my opinion, it isn't the archways that are removing people from the world and 'killing' them. It's the world, itself. And..."
She paused for a moment, looking distressed.
"...My only proof comes from two others who were close to me. Neither, to my knowledge, lived in a subarchway of their own. Utsuho, who is my pet and practically family to my sister and I, and young Luke Triton, who vanished without a trace one day and left the pair of us perplexed grief for a fair while. Perhaps it has something to do with how we arrive to this place, but its connection with how others exit it must have some correlation."
Another pause. A sigh. Her third eye blinked passively.
"I'm of the belief that a being much like your 'God' sees fit to call and dismiss us as it wills. But rest assured: even a monster like myself is safe from the most zealous attempts extinguish me."
A faint smile.
"I always love a good debate. Consider this an invitation to confirm that I'm alive and well. And if you disagree, I'm willing to settle any dispute you'd care to field. If you're especially contrarian, I welcome you to prove me wrong. Do as you like, I'll visit you at the location of your choice if you have time to reply. We've some catching up to do."
Before the feed shuts off, she does an about-face as her third eye stares back into the camera.
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"It's been some time since we've sat down for a serious talk, Ted. Albeit asynchronously. I've given some thought to your talk of archways being certain doom."
Namely that she'd dwelt in her comfortable home this long and hadn't vanished, yet. She tents her fingers a little as she watches the camera, shaking her head gently.
"If I may give you some comfort, I don't intend to die. Especially not when so many others depend on me. But Chireiden is my home and my sister's home. My pets also greatly depend on me and I would loathe to leave all of them."
If only she was speaking to him in person, maybe he'd understand. She'd had to arrange things, soon enough.
"From my experience and in my opinion, it isn't the archways that are removing people from the world and 'killing' them. It's the world, itself. And..."
She paused for a moment, looking distressed.
"...My only proof comes from two others who were close to me. Neither, to my knowledge, lived in a subarchway of their own. Utsuho, who is my pet and practically family to my sister and I, and young Luke Triton, who vanished without a trace one day and left the pair of us perplexed grief for a fair while. Perhaps it has something to do with how we arrive to this place, but its connection with how others exit it must have some correlation."
Another pause. A sigh. Her third eye blinked passively.
"I'm of the belief that a being much like your 'God' sees fit to call and dismiss us as it wills. But rest assured: even a monster like myself is safe from the most zealous attempts extinguish me."
A faint smile.
"I always love a good debate. Consider this an invitation to confirm that I'm alive and well. And if you disagree, I'm willing to settle any dispute you'd care to field. If you're especially contrarian, I welcome you to prove me wrong. Do as you like, I'll visit you at the location of your choice if you have time to reply. We've some catching up to do."
Before the feed shuts off, she does an about-face as her third eye stares back into the camera.
"Quite a thorny rose, aren't I?"