tvda entered rw2's office > > torture victim double agent [forcedly patient, determined, desperate, > confused, still determined, to rebel worker 2]: "you have to help slave > boss!" > > rebel worker 2 [looking up, irritated, caring]: "you can't be talking to > that person, you of all people! it's so dangerous!" (for all of us) >
these parentheses were meant as an out-of-band joke but do show how rw2 is getting detached and differently entrained. still, he means care for tvda with his consciousness. and i might likely mean that it's bad for me to go online :s > > tvda: "he's starving! there's no food in his simulation and he's fading > away --" > > suddenly tvda jerks and holds very different posture, his eyes get wide > and he puts his hands over his mouth, staring at rebel worker 2 like he > can't believe he shared this >
