mental link, day...36? sure.

[headinjuries]

[ 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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[narcissithstic]

We aren't who we think we are. [Thanks, Ren.] Not entirely.

[headinjuries]

( What do you mean? )

[narcissithstic]

Even without the Nest, we are bound to one another. To everything. [If you guessed through (old Ben Kenobi voice) The Force, you win a prize, Sam.]

[headinjuries]

[ Of course it's the Force. It's always the Force with Ren, right?

well, when it isn't crying and bad goth music ]

( Okay, but isn't there still a difference between being connected to everything and...not being who you are? Or think you are. You know what I mean. )

[narcissithstic]

How do you define boundaries where your flesh holds no meaning? I could reach into your mind, your thoughts, your memories— I could see all of it, if I wanted to.

And I could tear it from you. Easily.

[Good talk, Ren. Real happy conversation.]

Would you still be you, if I left you with nothing?

[headinjuries]

[ getting kinda creepy here, senpai ]

( ...no. Not really. )

[narcissithstic]

[That's how you know he cares.]

Exactly.

[Spoons are dumb anyway.] So stop wasting your time worrying about it while our enemies are tracking us down.

[headinjuries]

( You're still really bad at asking people to do things in a way that makes them actually want to roll with it, I hope you know.

But yeah, okay, I get it. )

[narcissithstic]

Good.

[Does he mean in regards to the latter or the former— or both. The world may never know.]

[headinjuries]

[ Yeah, you're hilarious, blah blah blaaaaaaaaaaah ]