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now, now that it''s already way too late." I huffed, sprawling the rest of my upper body out on the table. "But when I sat down for the exam, it just... Spilled out."
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you," I said. It was more of a teasing tone than a bitter one - though there was still a little envy in there, on the edge of the words.
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alive for the Tricenturial War, grandma," she said skeptically.
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not pushing you too hard with all this, am I?" she asked, after the older woman was gone.
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definitely fun!" I said, holding up hand. "It''s just, uh... Well, y''know... I''m just not good at this stuff..."
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am getting better. I just gotta grit my teeth and focus."
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definitely be against it," she said. "But I''ve been thinking more about-- Well, how I probably shouldn''t let her family hangups dictate how I plan my whole life, you know?"
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I hope that, even if that happens, that we''ll still be together, like this.
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Abbey House | 1:14 PM | Second Day
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talked.
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Primarily, my role is to perform secretarial duties during meetings of the conclave to aid in creating an environment conducive to rational and level-headed discourse," it said. It''s voice was melodic, but emotionless and resonant in a manner that was obviously inhuman, with a quality more like a flute than flesh and blood. "As a secondary function, I act as an archivst for the sanctuary and perform organizational tasks. I am also capable of domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning."
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Good afternoon, Utsushikome of Fusai. You are cordially summoned to the canopy of the main hall to await your role in the upcoming event. Please allow me to escort you with the others."
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quite sure if that was the source of the discomfort I was feeling in that moment. Even looking so unlike a normal golem, it still resembled a giant doll more than anything close to an actual human being, so there shouldn''t have been any confusion in my lizard brain as to what I was looking at. But something about the way it moved - the too-perfect motions, the stillness between them, the way its faux-lips curled open - was proving quite unsettling.
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not," she said, crossing her arms. "I just got a little anxious because I couldn''t find some of my notes!"
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scripting is the interesting part."
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Female pronouns. Huh. I guess it did seem to be coded that way by the clothing, if only softly.
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That sounds like a name you''d give a dog, some part of my brain commented.
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Ah!" Ptolema said, almost jumping back a bit, before hesitating and looking embarrassed. "Uh... Sorry, Ran. I''d kind of forgot you were in the room."
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said it like it was a quote.
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If you have any inquiries about my construction, I would ask that you delay them until our impending business is concluded," it said.
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Oh, geez. This sounded sounded like another complication I didn''t need right now.
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That''s possibly the worst thing you could have said, I thought.