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[h2no]

okay one more q because this wasn't my original intention
what was the government like where you came from?

[d33tached]

I don't know.

[It might sound dismissive, but it's true. He'd never once dealt with the government of his own world - only the man which governed his life.]

[h2no]

what, it was you in the hole you lived in?
arcues so much is slotting into place

[d33tached]

I didn't live under a government.

[h2no]

monarchy?

[d33tached]

Something like that, yes.

[There's a pause.]

More of a dictatorship, really.

[h2no]

???
like a really bad one??
i guess all are bad but did the leader keep like
books and shit away from you

[d33tached]

The vast majority of them, yes. There were a selected few which we were allowed to read upon occasion. Children's books, mostly.

[It's a little strange that he's answering, though he can't help but notice that it feels a bit cathartic to do so. It's a testament to his trust for Archie, really, that he hasn't clammed up by now.]

It was a largely unpleasant place, if that's what you're intending to ask.

[h2no]

yeah............................
i feel bad every time i yelled at you for not knowing stuff now

[d33tached]

[...?]

Do you?

[Well, that's...nice? Is that nice? D33 isn't sure.]

It's not as if you knew of my background.

It's not as if I know nothing at all.

[h2no]

y but still

[d33tached]

[...]

I'm not sure what to say.

[h2no]

i'm not either?

[d33tached]

[Well, this is awkward.]

Is there anything else you would like to know?

[Since we're talking, I guess???]

[h2no]

two actually
first is anyone from the dictatorship present here?
second
why?

[d33tached]

Not to my knowledge, no.

[Though, thanks for the paranoia spike, Archie.]

What do you mean "why"?

[h2no]

[ITS ALWAYS BEST TO KNOW!!!]

just
why anything
why was it like that
why did they do that to you

u asked for this tl;dr

[d33tached]

[Why? That question brings about a certain bitterness that almost has D33 laughing at his comm..

[Why. This isn't the first time he's been asked, but he stopped asking himself that question a long time ago. There had been a number of answers given, of course - they were God's "chosen people". Their trials would lead to divinity and safety. The outside world was toxic and decaying and they were being kept safe and strong underground.

[Then there was the real answer - the more practical answer, anyway. That Royce needed an army to carry out his schemes. That the numbers themselves may as well have been running that decaying world with all of the influence R01 had over it.

[But neither of those answers will satisfy what Archie is trying to ask. Why? Because they were numbers and they were meaningless. Because no God cared for them, real or false. Because Royce Montgomery was a bored child with an army of toys to play with at his leisure.

[There was no reason. There is no reason, for those that D33 has left behind. Pure, unadulterated, human cruelty is the only real answer. But "just because" hardly seems worth saying.]

I don't know.

I suppose it doesn't really matter.

i love it

[h2no]

it kind of does
but i won't press

<3

[d33tached]

I am afraid that I simply don't have an answer for you in that regard.

That is simply how things are where I came from.

We were not raised to question such things.

[And severely punished if they chose to do so anyway.]

[h2no]

yeah i'd imagine if it was a dictatorship you wouldn't have been encouraged to questioned things
sorry dee

[d33tached]

I have no interest in sympathy.

You've nothing to apologize for.

[h2no]

i'm not offering sympathy
i'm just saying sorry where i feel it necessary

[d33tached]

It isn't necessary.

I will ask that you've kept what we've discussed between us, Archie. Can I trust you to do so?

[h2no]

yeah
even if i had an interested in airing your dirty laundry, who would i even tell?
anyway
i promise