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[beholding_archivist]

About what happened.

[ Yes, Jon starts to speak literally as the video comes to life. He looks clearly bothered and even more in need of some good sleep than usual. Add to that the fact that he actually posts a video and you can rest assured that Jon isn't nearly as okay. ]

I- uh-... I can't help but feel responsible for- W-well. That.

I didn't do it, just to make that clear, but what happened... It...

[ A heavy exhale and Jon's shoulders drop even more. ]

...it's too close to what I- To what happened to my Earth.

[ And a pause. ]

I'm aware that some of you got hurt. And that some of you have done and seen things they rather hadn't. And there- There is nothing I can do to change any of that. I'm sorry.

[ That's his belated birthday present to himself: Feeling guilty for yet another apocalypse. ]

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[noch]

I see.

[ She sobers, her expressing softening into something more sympathetic. ]

I am sorry that happened to you. I understand what it is like to be manipulated. To have regrets.

[beholding_archivist]

Hmm.

[ A nod. ]

I... Find it concerning that they know all of this. All these details they couldn't have gotten during Calibrations last year because they hadn't happened to me yet. It feels like they aren't merely watching us, but our home worlds as well.

Unless they simply have a way to access our minds. Which is another option I dislike to consider.

[noch]

Calibrations?

[ This is the first time she's hearing about Calibrations! But more to the point... ]

If anyone has access to my mind or my memories, then I would have noticed. As would the Jedi, for that matter.

[ Then again... the more she thinks about it, the less confident she becomes. Anyone (or anything) that could bring them all here through space and time could be powerful enough to do it. So she adds: ]

Though I cannot say for certain.

[beholding_archivist]

Well, they aren't necessarily subtle about it. Or they weren't when- Well.

They called it Calibrations. We were lured into an underground area, locked in there and were made to explore each others memories in our sleep. I still don't fully understand the purpose of what happened back then, unfortunately.

[noch]

Everyone was made to do this? By the Agrii?

[ Cal didn't tell her any of this!! ]

[beholding_archivist]

If it were the Agrii, it happened before the Atroma nearly made us kill them.

[ Well, Cal was around. Jon saw some of his memories. ]

[noch]

I see.

[ She's missed so much... just another thing she'll have to ask about later. ]

With magick, I know that it's possible to share thoughts. Memories. As well as to view events on other planets, even over a great distance. It's not easy, but it is possible. Perhaps they have similar methods.

Though I also dislike to consider it.

[beholding_archivist]

Magic... Yes. I am aware it is capable of these things.

[ Extracting and inserting information from other beings is something he can do himself. ]

And I agree that it is a concerning thought. And yet... It could explain a few things.

[noch]

It could. [ Slightly dry, there. ]

Is there some other explanation you can think of?