He's gonna change her like a remix, then he'll raise her like a phoenix

[otomechapilot]

(For a second, there's a certain gathering tension in the network. Both bewilderment and fear. It comes to a head in a single, piercing telepathic cry, not quite a scream, over the network.)

Oh my GOD, what did I DO!?

Oh my god I nearly killed Hebe! Is - was Hebe one of ours?! Was Atlas? Athena? Nike?! Kallias!? The manticore!? Doctor whatsisname was definitely one of ours but I just -

Oh god oh god please tell me I didn't kill any of ours.

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[otomechapilot]

Honestly I think food that's not just meat and bad bread, and drinks that aren't booze, are a bigger deal right now. God, she drunk SO MUCH wine. My brother would kill me if he was Travelling.

But I'm taking you up on Tarot Talk later and there's a friend who might want to sit in too.

[truerevelation]

No kidding. Man, remembering liking that stuff is almost as weird as anything else. Swing by my place sometime for somethin' to eat... uh, Aiya, the restaurant? I'm doin' a sushi platter. And anything people can suggest, I guess...

Any time. For anyone who needs it. [And isn't going to use it for ulterior motives, but she doesn't seem like the sort? From what he can tell?]

[otomechapilot]

Sure, i'll try it. (She... thinks that's Flavored Rice With Stuff On It?)

Honestly Chinese food reminds me of home in a good way. Wing Commander grew up with Taiwanese stuff and, uh, taught our quartermaster.

Sure thing. I remember what Brother's deck looked like but never really asked him about it. Learned more from Naoki in a day than I learned at home.

(Ulterior motives happen to people who aren't picked by Fool. She wears her heart on her sleeve.)

[truerevelation]

[He won't correct that geographical slip up...] Yeah, it's the Chinese restaurant in my old town. Our gang's old hang out. I try 'n copy some of the menu sometimes...

Your bro had a deck? That's cool. I get that most folks ain't really gonna know the symbolism from home, so I'm just glad to help. The crew from my old world 'n its other versions... we just kinda had to find it out 'cause of stuff that was going on there.

[otomechapilot]

And the sushi is more stuff from home than stuff from Aiya? (Wasn't a mistake - she's just eaten Chinese at Aiya's.)

He was kind of obsessed with Jung and synchronicity and symbolism. If he wasn't he never would have managed to make the ANIMa I don't think. Wouldn't have named it that, anyway.

[truerevelation]

[Works for him, then.] Yeah. Just some'f my old favourites.

Anima... ugh, think that came up in one of Margaret's talks but I forget what that's about. What's it, uh, in your case?

[otomechapilot]

Anima the word can mean a lot of things. Someone's soul, or the feminine side of a dude like an animus is the manly side of a girl.

A N I M-A the acronym is... a thing from my world that Naoki said you needed to know about, now that I think about it. My world is probably weird. At least I hope it is. So where do I start?

[truerevelation]

Right. Think a lot more people could do with learnin' about those things.

He did? Did he tell you about the stuff from our place too? Then ... yeah. I'd like to hear. Here, or in person or ... whatever's best.

[otomechapilot]

Yeah, he told me a little. Talked about weaponized Persona, and said my big deal reminded him of 'Questing Country,' wherever that is.

- I'm heading to Aiya. We can talk more in person there.

[truerevelation]

Sounds like a plan. Catch you there.