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Help... me... help...

[Feliciano's voice is weak even across the network, and fades towards the end. There is silence until a new voice replaces it some time later- and it sounds still like Feliciano, and yet... It doesn't seem to be him speaking.]

Someone please retrieve my body. My weak body, I am powerless here and I was being fed on like prey and someone protect my body from that blood-drinker! I refuse to be a blood meal!

GET ME OUT OF THE STONE-CAVERNED HULL OF THIS SEA-FORSAKEN SHIP AND RETRIEVE MY BODY.

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It would be incredibly frustrating. These bodies take work. And being severed as I am from myself, I am not certain if I could create a new body myself if this one perished.

There's ways. It might even teach us something about the Trumps' rules...

I am not a lab rat.

The Trumps test my patience as it is.

They certainly know how to provoke a reaction from us...

[It's not as if she doesn't do the same thing constantly, mostly out of habit at this point.]

Oh, they do. I've been angry since the moment I was uprooted. But I suppose it's been nice to get some exercise again. It's been a long time since I've had a good war.

And you? How do you fare in their control?

I recognize that the only way to see the end of a game is to play it through, regardless of how one feels about it.

Then we agree. There is not much to do but play along. I only hope that I'll benefit from it all in the end.

You are the nation of Machiavelli, aren't you?

Aha. Yes, that would be me. Although, while his brutal methods could be useful... I do not prefer them.

But I won't pretend I'm not trying to benefit as much as I can.

Well, if you can be both feared and loved, that's to be preferred, isn't it?

Hence, your adorable Feliciano avatar.

It certainly helps.

Playing the fool is a very useful strategy. My body's face makes it easier, it disarms people. If that person can be an ally, then good.

If they turn out to be a foe, then even better, that they think me harmless.

Of course, once a snake bites, people will not forget, even if it seems docile on the surface. It's a good form. I'm quite proud of it.

I understand the strategy well, trust me.

Although strangely, it's hard to put people off in Liminal Space. I've noticed a few factions, but in general, Travelers get a great deal of benefit of the doubt.

Here, other Travelers are of little concern in terms of threats. We are all bound by the common goal of survival and escape. It's clearly cooperative, whatever we are meant to do.

The Trumps, however, do make me wary.

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