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[Cambot comes across MakubeX sitting on the ground the best a porygon can, head ducked between his feet-thingies.]

I feel ill... Please tell me it isn't just me seeing strange things.

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No, you're not the only one.

Thank goodness for that...

I wonder where it came from...

It seemed digital. Perhaps it's a creature like me, then? Only... corrupted, somehow.

Harvey called it a glitch. When I saw it, it was kind of like seeing a glitchy graphic from a computer program or video game.

[Nods...]

That confirms that, then. But that opens up a few more questions...

More questions? Like what?

[Roxas isn't quite sure he wants to know, but information might be one of their best weapons right now.]

What is it specifically and what does that mean for us? If the previous events were all a dream, we could this time be stuck in some sort of simulation. Or there could simply be more virtual reality about that's malfunctioning. Either way, it's hard to tell if it's benign or malicious.

[Roxas shudders slightly at the mention of a simulation. That had sort of been why the thing's presence had freaked him out the way it had. But knowing this place, the possibility of some other technology on board malfunctioning makes sense.]

It didn't seem to be interested in me when it passed by, but just its presence was so unsettling... I don't even know.

[MakubeX notices that shiver and tilts his head curiously.]

Did it make you dizzy?

Yeah. Made me really scared too, even though it didn't do anything threatening right then.

[There's more to it than that, but he's only comfortable enough to discuss that with a small handful of people.]

[He tilts his head the other way. He realizes this may push a few buttons, but... well, he's gotta know.]

This may seem to be an odd question, but... you aren't virtual, are you?

No, I'm not.

[The idea of a talking computer program or a virtual being isn't really that foreign to Roxas. He was there for Sora's encounters with Tron, in a way, and he remembers the simulated people in Twilight Town. They hadn't behaved as their programmer had expected, so it's probably fair to say that they had some sort of life of their own. Thus, the question isn't as odd as it might seem to most.]

Then we know it's affecting everyone.

Is that why you thought it was just you at first? You're, um, virtual?

[Awkward, but this is what happens when one asks a question without thinking about it first.]

That's correct.

[It doesn't bother him to admit it. He just generally doesn't like to bring it up.]

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