mental link, day...36? sure.

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[ Technically, it came up a few days ago, but Sam's been letting something bounce around in his head to see if the possibility gets less troublesome after he sleeps on it. And sleeps on it a couple more times.

or he's just saying it late so the newbies can hear it too, w/e

It's not getting any less freaky. So, out of left field: ]

( So if aliens can hack our emotions, do we...actually know they can't mess with everything else? Memories? Are we actually who we think we are?

What if there is no spoon? )

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[ Look, he's already been concerned that Bucky's brain is tripping on symbiote hiccups. ]

( Then it's got a hell of a sense of humor. )

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( And I guess I'm not in on the joke. )

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( Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm the same me that I've always been. )

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( That's kind of the point, though, right? If something made you think this is how you've always been, then how would you know? )

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( Well, for starters, if they had that much power over us - you'd think they'd at least get the year consistent for the folks that actually recognize each other. )

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( Look, have you ever - no, no, of course you haven't seen The Matrix. So there's this old movie where it turns out people are all just being used as batteries in an alien power plant, right? And the world around us is just an illusion to keep them all under control, and at one point Agent Smith, he's one of the bad guys, he starts talking about how the first version of it was actually perfect and happy. And nobody believed it so they had to make a more messed up world instead. )

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[ squints ]

( So... you're saying we all popped out of a whole bunch of different fake worlds into the real one? Or is the Station real and Concordia is another fake one? )

[ Now you're giving him a headache too. ]

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( I'm saying I have no idea anymore because how would we know? It could be anything. )

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( I don't doubt there's a man - or something behind the curtain out there in the wild, wild Nest, but I still don't think you've got anything to worry about here, Sam. )

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( Maybe not. It's just kind of creepy how everything here is so, whoops, got my feelings on you sorry. Feeling something and knowing there's no reason you should be. )

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[ oh, well - that he understands ]

( I know what you mean.

There's always gonna be stuff you can't block out completely, but learning how to keep all the threads separate helps a bit. )

[ Keeping track of what's you and what's not you. Not every foreign emotion is like a slap in the face, easy to identify. ]

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( I guess what it all comes down to for me is...if you can't trust your mind, what are you supposed to be able to trust? )

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( You trust anyone here? )

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( ...yeah. )

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( Then there you go. )

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( I guess you're right. Thanks. )