Dr. {@nickname}, thank you for visiting the Rhodes Island Integrated Bioprocessing Unit. Your intentions have been determined through analysis of available biological data.
PRTS
In addition, the system detects that you are in a bad mood.
Leave me alone.
PRTS
Dr. {@nickname} is displaying aggression.
PRTS
Rest assured the system will not electrocute you. There is no need to fear these tests.
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PRTS
Dr. {@nickname} fell silent.
PRTS
Whether silent protest or refusal to communicate, I believe it is an expression of an autism spectrum disorder.
PRTS
Please, by all means. The system treats all equally.
And what would count for a good mood?
PRTS
Good and bad are subjective judgments.
PRTS
However, this system has collected nearly all documented states of mental activity, as well as hormonal criteria for various types of neurological excitement.
PRTS
So you could argue that the system's subjective judgment is substantially closer to objective truth.
PRTS
Therefore, no matter what action Dr. {@nickname} may take, the system will be able to process it to some degree.
PRTS
Which is to say: you may do as you wish.
PRTS
PRTS is equipped with a nonlethal pacification function.
PRTS
Should you take unreasonable action, you will lose consciousness for 3.55 working hours, ensuring you maintain a behavioral standard close to normal.
PRTS
Welcome home, Doctor.
Can this really be called home?
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Are you Dr. {@nickname}?
Huh?......?Hello?
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It's you. I'm sure of it.
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I can feel it... you're a little different.
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But... the person you're holding, that uniform...
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Can I ask who's that you're holding?
A fighter.
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Fighter?
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Oh... she wounded you. Were you fighting?
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No, you weren't... This isn't a lethal wound.
One of my people.
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Is she Infected too...?
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No, that's not what you meant.
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Dr. {@nickname}, you seem like you lost something.
A friend.
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She's your friend?
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But... you barely know her at all.
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I don't know... this might disappear soon.
What... do you feel?
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Traces of people communicating with each other. Smell, warmth, shape.
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I'm not sure, but she...
The girl reaches out to FrostNova.
Sorry.
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No, it's fine. I'm used to it.
......
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P-please don't be mad...
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When you don't speak, I... I don't know what to say.
I'm sorry, little girl.
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I'm fine.
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I'd much rather someone be straight with me than be scared of me. So I'm fine.
If this is indeed the final resting place of the Infected.
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...it is.
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Just a second. Let me check the log.
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Yes, they cleaned this cabin already. Put her on this slab. Easy now. There.
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Then the slab will slide in there, and... wait for it to close, and finally press this button.
You're really familiar with it.
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Oh, I've had to use it a lot.
Why...?
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This is where all of Rhodes Island's Infected end up.
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And if I knew them, if I felt them, if they were my teammates, I always take care of them myself.
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The original manual was really complicated, but I wrote down how to use it in my terminal. Just a quick look and I can feel it.
Feel what?
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Hmm... it's like a chain.
A chain...?
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Or I could say it's like seeing the links between people.
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Sending off the people tied to you means untangling the lines around them. The other ends of the threads are still tied to us, but even when the one side is gone, the threads don't hang down.
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It feels like you've lost something inside yourself. Something you didn't know was there, but knowing it won't come back.
Why would you want to feel that?
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Because if you know the feeling, it won't suddenly sting you, right?
So then you...?
PRTS
Excuse me.
PRTS
Identifier for Rosmontis, elite operator present in Rhodes Island Integrated Infected Bioprocessing Unit, will expire in fifteen minutes.
PRTS
I will update you momentarily. Stand in place for about fifteen seconds.
PRTS
In addition, there is a skirmish taking place by the starboard hull. If possible, please assist after updating your identification code, in order to reduce resource consumption.
Rosmontis
Oh, okay. I'll go do that.
Rosmontis
I'm making a note of it in my terminal.
PRTS
Reminding you for the sixth time, if you would allow access to this system, it could send the information directly to...
