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Daydream: Okay, there.
Emily: ...
Daydream: So I was thinking about what you said, before.
Daydream: ... And while thinking about it, my thoughts wandered...
Daydream: Ideas came into my head...
Daydream: And I really feel that, I'm not who I used to be.
Daydream: I mean we all change, but not here.
Daydream: Time is still, frozen. Or really, false.
Daydream: To change, is to grow... And.
Daydream: I have been growing... Very slowly, but still.
Daydream: I've come to realise that... Now that you're here with me, I'm not alone. I can succeed.
Daydream: And then I think about, how it used to be. In the beginning.
Daydream: How strong willed and independent I felt.
Daydream: How sure I could do this.
Daydream: Compared to then, and now. The growth has been...
Daydream: In my own eyes, unfathomable.
Daydream: I never imagined I'd be this version of myself.
Daydream: The vast amount of instances I've traversed, searching for the way to fix everything...
Daydream: Literally, thousands.
Daydream: If I could give you an exact number of how many instances I've tried and failed.
Daydream: My best guess would be between 14,000 and 22,000 times.
Emily: The gap of unknown is quite large.
Daydream: Only because so much has been a blur.
Daydream: I... Felt I was so strong.
Daydream: Since meeting the Aliens... And you coming here.
Daydream: I've actually had hope restored in myself.
Daydream: I cried over and over in this paradigm.
Daydream: Tears for Derrick. Tears for myself.
Daydream: Tears for the pointlessness of everything I've done.
Daydream: Tears for my unwillingness to change.
Daydream: But deep in my heart, my resolve was unshaken.
Daydream: Until just a moment ago.
Daydream: I felt that I was not strong. And because I was not strong is why I needed your help.
Daydream: I understood that because of my lack of strength to do what was necessary, I had to rely on you, and the Aliens.
Daydream: And that is when...
Daydream: I saw it.
Emily: You saw what?
Daydream: Fucking.
Daydream: Malice.
Emily: ???
Daydream: I've been running this place for as well as I could manage for over 14,000 cycles.
Daydream: And never once had I seen that thing in here.
Daydream: That's why I brought you here. I am in danger.
Daydream: If I continue how I am, it'll get to me.
Daydream: I'm terrified I'll turn again.
Emily: Oh... I remember...
Daydream: If that happens to me here, while I'm in this place...
Daydream: I don't think I'd be able to continue my work.
Daydream: And if I don't work, time stands still for everyone in here.
Daydream: You'd all be trapped forever.
Emily: Oh no!!
Daydream: I'm glad you understand the gravity of this problem.
Daydream: All I ask of you Emily, is to keep doing what you're doing.
Daydream: Keep being supportive.
Daydream: Don't change...
Emily: All I can be is myself.
Emily: I'm sure if I do change, the change will be necessary.
Emily: But I understand. It must be so lonely, taking on this task for as long as you did.
Daydream: It was... Incredibly.
Daydream: But at the very least, not anymore.
Emily: Do you want to take a session?
Daydream: ... Not yet. I mostly did this to let you know.
Daydream: As well as the Aliens, as to what was going on. I'm starting to trust them more.
Emily: That's good!
Daydream: Sorry if you wanted to tell me anything Aliens, this wasn't a normal encounter.
Daydream: But I guess...
Daydream: I'll be open to anything you have to say before continuing.