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[There’s just an image at first, without preamble or explanation. ]

Anyone know who this fucking kid is?

Plus, walking off all the drinking and eating isn’t a bad idea

I like a nice stroll! Who doesn’t like a nice stroll? Though if the drinking is good enough, a bed nearby is preferable. There are some nights better slept off.

Maybe the bots will give you a blanket and a pillow if you pass out outside

I have every intention of passing out inside, thank you very much.

There’s still beasts outside. Even if we perhaps cannot die, I’d rather not test it.

You had any recent bad encounters?

Not this year, but recent enough for me to remember to stay on my toes. Plus, things change every day. Sometimes a giant snake just happens.

Pretty sure you're not supposed to be on that island

Trolley goes right through it. That is where the snakes were relocated. They all just showed up in Nova City one day.

Wow. How bad did it get?

Bad enough for the people here to beseech Aurora to move them to an island. But the snakes are old news at this point. There’s always something else to be wary of around the corner.

True. For one thing, that last mission felt like a lot

It was. But you survived, didn’t you? We just have to do it again. Next one won’t be any easier, I’m sure.

Are they always this intense? It feels like the November one was relatively relaxed

They are. And if you don’t think the mission in front of you has all those teeth and claws, well- that just means they’re not visible yet.

Last summer we all spent a few months in an idyllic town playing house. Sounds nice, right? Well. Not so much if you missed curfew.

Don’t tire out before you’ve even met the next challenge, eh?

Ha. I'm used to working under pressure. Gotta keep at it, right? You're not tired?

Can’t rightly afford to be. Besides, this place is a breeze otherwise. I hunt, though I don’t need to. All our needs are taken care of. I would call our allotted grace period between missions rather generous overall.

If you aren’t using it to recuperate, you’re going to be in for a bad time.

True. The time between the missions you could almost forget why we're here. It gets weirdly calm at times. Not used so much quiet time

Oh yeah? What was your line of work before you got here?

Private investigator. You get to meet all kinds of interesting characters

Is that so? We may have some use of you, yet. There’s plenty of mysteries and curious characters around. Are you doing a good job of familiarizing yourself?

Multiverse stuff is pretty out of my range but I've been taking notes at least

Aye, that bit is a little beyond me, too. But we can’t be randomly selected. There must be a method to the madness, right? Something that ties us all together, if we could but see it.