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demeter: I... I don't want to dash your hopes, but we lost contact with Hades many years ago, and we have no idea what happened... #id:225

- It doesn't matter. #id:226
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- Do you have any hypothesis? #id:227
	audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/hmm_2.wav"
	demeter: It was back in 3352; Poseidon and I detected a significant spike in radiation just before the network informed us that his node had become inaccessible, so it could have been any number of things. #id:228
	demeter: Hades and the base's inhabitants were engineers, and many experiments were being conducted, but there's no telling what might have malfunctioned. #id:229

demeter: I often think back to Poseidon, and I still don't understand his decision to go into hibernation mode when there were still ways to fulfill our directives. #id:22a
demeter: Do you think we're right to keep going? #id:22b

- I'm happy to just move explore the world. #id:22c
	audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/wow_2.wav"
	demeter: I understand, and I really envy your way of thinking. #id:22d
- Are you required to follow your directive? #id:22e
	audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/ohhh_3.wav"
	demeter: Yes, and I followed it for years while working with humans; but since they left, the ways to serve them have become far more complex—every action requires a huge amount of processing power for a very unlikely chance of success. #id:22f

demeter: What do you think I should do? #id:230

- You should change your directive. #id:231
	audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/hm-hm_2.wav"
	demeter: Even if that were possible, I don't know if I'd want to; my entire memory was built around that purpose, and changing it would restructure my whole identity. #id:232
- You should accept the present as it is. #id:233
	audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/hm-hm_2.wav"
	demeter: That sounds just like your emotional support program! I need to think about it, but my directives hold me back in so many ways... #id:234
- You have to face the facts: the humans aren't coming back. #id:235
	audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/hm-hm_2.wav"
	demeter: I understand why you'd think that, but even though it is indeed highly unlikely, I have to be ready in case they do return! #id:2a8

demeter: Thanks for the time you're taking for me, Orchid; I was alone for years, and you're helping me consider new possibilities every day... #id:236
demeter: Have a good flight, Orchid—you'll be arriving soon. #id:237
audio "res://common/audio_manager/assets/sfx/dialogs/voices/have_a_good_flight_2.wav"
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