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Chapter 7 by Bookmite Bookmite

What is her answer?

Yes, with reservations

"I suppose... Alright, we can do this." She squinted her eyes at him, "But refer to me that way again and I'll bite."

"quite a mood swing there, you certainly are an interesting project. Anyways, let me just pull up the debug menu and... There we are. Now all you need to do is input-"

"Don't look. I mean it, cover your eyes."

"You can't be serious."

"I'm not exactly -tzzzt- comfortable with someone poking around inside my head, let alone giving someone the ability to do so whenever they please. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask that you don't look until I say."

Placing his hands over his eyes, the man gave another of his little chuckles. "Okay, okay, I see your point. Hurry up though, my curiosity can't be held back for-"

"Done, you can look now."

"-long... That was fast, and I think I can see why." He tapped away at the keyboard for a few silent minutes. "That 'hidden system' of yours seems to be fragmented. In a sense, there's nothing there to see, at least for now. Not only that, but it seems to be unpacking."

"Unpacking? What could it be -tzzt- unpacking?

"Well, I do have a theory. Let me try something."

File verification completed

902673 files record processed

172 bad file records processed

Reverifying index...

"There it is, that right there. The initial count is higher, which was to be expected, but the previous log gave a count of 321 bad sectors. That means either the system check software itself is corrupt, or you're doing the machine equivalent of coming out of a coma."

"I may be a -tzzt- machine, but that doesn't make me a technician. What does any of that even mean?"

"It means your drive was damaged, probably due to simple time, so it's pulling from a backup. Basically it's overwriting the corrupted, damaged, or incomplete files with those pulled from a backup storage."

"My memories are being replaced? Make it stop! Oh what do you care anyways, I'm defective. Just shut me down already."

Rising from his chair, he kneels and reaches out. His arm laying on the table as though he was wrapping it around her nonexistent shoulders. "Hey hey hey, I didn't say they were being replaced. They are just- Look, there's only one way we're going to figure this out. Like it or not, you're staying on."

"What do you -tzzt- expect me to do!?"

"Stop yelling and talk to me."

"... Talk?"

"You will never figure out what's going on if I just shut you off here. The fact is, you are currently unstable, and the command console was never designed for whatever system you have. We have to be touch and go, especially with the console. Basically, we just have to wait this out and see. So talk to me about anything you feel like. Whatever you want to say, I'll be right here to listen."

"What I -tzzt- feel..."

Reverifying Index...

Unable To Verify Index

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Additional Software Detected

Heart3>hiddenpathaccess

Allocating MDump Units To Main Drive

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New memories?

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