[ If he could hear her internal screaming at seeing his message... in reply to hers... oh god. It isn't the revelation of certain sentiments she has toward Hei that bothers her but more the way he's discovered it. She feels slightly sick and knows not why. This reply comes a thousand years later. Once she's decided that not replying would just be worse. ]
FROM: amber@cdc.org
If anyone has the right to say what it means to be a Contractor, it would be me, wouldn't it?
[ Something in his mind tells him she's probably less than pleased at this revelation. Perhaps it's the logic. Or maybe, underneath the layers, there's a weird sort of empathy. If he were going to be revealing his emotional hand (what little remains, if anything), it wouldn't do to show his sort-of but not really adversary. ]
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Hard to say. There's not enough significant proof that we should be taking after you.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Besides, I'm not taking suggestions from your case.
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DAY 79
TO: shengshun.li@cdc.org
It's been a long time. Longer than you'll ever know. And always, always, I've missed you. Please take care.
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FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
I'd point out that this sounds incredibly un-Contractor like, but I'm sure you're already aware.
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
If anyone has the right to say what it means to be a Contractor, it would be me, wouldn't it?
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FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Hard to say. There's not enough significant proof that we should be taking after you.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
Besides, I'm not taking suggestions from your case.
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You don't have time to wait for significant proof.
[ You, specifically, November. ]
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Should I be worried about a sudden reminder of my mortality?
[ what the heck is this supposed to mean.... ]
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I wasn't talking about death. Many other things are inevitable.
[ Like rediscovering emotions. This may be a scarier threat, all things considered. ]
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Inevitable, hm? What sorts of things, Miss Oracle?
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Taxes.
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How newsworthy.
[ fine, be that way!!! ]
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is she going to play Evanescence to display her sadness ]
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