> "Perhaps you should also tell her more about this place, since this is her first time here."
> Have some more tea while listening.
>"Oh, certainly master," says VIVIT. "As I'm sure well aware, Master and I are explorers from the Canus Empire, who have been asked by His Excellency to explore this area and report back our findings on the locals, their defenses, and the natural resources present here. In pursuit of this data, master has been-"
>...
>You're not sure when you nodded off. You don't remember trying to go to sleep, and you certainly don't remember being in the mood for it. In fact, you don't remember a lot of things. You don't know why you're laying on a bed, or why you would have left your bucket for it. You don't know what those voices in the distance are saying, and you don't know why your arms are stuck together behind your back. You're definitely not sure why there is someone else on this bed with you, but you can feel her back against yours.
>Slowly opening your eyes, the world is blurry and bright. You can see unfamiliar metallic things around, and lights that have no real source. ...No, you remember now. You found that metallic room. You're still in that room, somewhere in the back, you think... You can't move your arms, they're tied behind your back! Looking toward the voices, you see VIVIT is there, talking with a man in green with words you do not understand. No, you've seen that man in green before, you would remember his silver hair anywhere. It's him, the man you've been chasing, having given up his farmer's clothing for something much more alien, you've never seen clothes like them before.
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