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[seasidememories]

So...I can talk to other people this way, right?

[The video feed shakes up and down as Cambot nods.]

Really? Great!

...Wait, there are other people around, aren't there? Because crash landing in a space station ghost town wouldn't surprise me one bit.

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[seasidememories]

Now that you mention it... [Oh God, please no Ansem.]

Oh, it's not so bad! At least we've got our health. And our hearts. Would hate not to have one of those.

[guardiano_perduto]

Don't jinx it. I could do without Nefarious or Tachyon for awhile, thanks.

I'm pretty sure the heart thing could be lumped in with 'health'? Because.

Yeah.

Kinda need a heart to be healthy, there.

[seasidememories]

Sorry, sorry. No jinxing.

Are you sure? I don't think the bad guys in my world ever got the memo.

[guardiano_perduto]

Wwwwhat are you talking about.

--don't tell me you've got zombies or something.

[seasidememories]

I kind of wish that were the case. Zombies are cooler.

No, not zombies. There's this guy...Ansem? And he, um, "sacrificed his heart to the darkness," right? So from then on, he's been running around without a heart--or, more literally, he's been running around as a disembodied heart--and...

Hm. Maybe it is a sort of zombie thing.

[guardiano_perduto]

I'm gonna be honest with you.





You lost me at 'Ansem'. How in the worlds does someone live with no heart? Or a disembodied heart. Or...

Owwww.

[seasidememories]

...I don't know. I don't know how anything works anymore. Freshman bio was a lie.

I try not to think about it too much. It's the only thing keeping me sane.

What's your world like? Where do you come from?

[guardiano_perduto]

So just accept it for what it is and try not to rack your brain. Heck, that's how I get by every day!

Well... first off, it's not just a world, so this'll be pretty hard. I'm practically all over, in different galaxies half the time. But...

Hm.

It depends on whether you wanna hear a sob story or something more uplifting?

[seasidememories]

Whoa, really? So you've been to other worlds before now!

Oh, come on. I wanna hear both stories. [She plucks her Cambot out of the air and sits down with it on her lap.] If you're up for it.

[guardiano_perduto]

Not until a few years ago! It's actually where the second world comes in.

I lived most of my life on a place called Veldin, on the Kyzil Plateau. In all that time, I'd been working on something that could take me to the other worlds. It was just about finished when I'd met Clank for the first time, and I kinda mistook him for part of the ship at first. If it wasn't for him, I'd probably still be back at home, wondering what to do next.

...the first world, though. I honestly can't say I remember all that much about it, but it was a place called Fastoon. It was where I was born, before something really bad happened, and almost everything was wiped out.

In... cluding my family.

[seasidememories]

...Oh, no...

[guardiano_perduto]

Y... eah, I... did say there was gonna be a sob story behind this.

And with Clank missing now... he's all I got, y'know? I need to find him.

[seasidememories]

I'm sorry. Sometimes, I don't know when to shut up. And then I have the good fortune of meeting people too nice to clue me in.

...I'm gonna help you look for him. You said you had mistaken him for a part of your ship?

[guardiano_perduto]

No, it's okay, just... I found all of this out recently, and kinda at once. To be honest, it's kind of a relief knowing there's not something wrong with me.

He's a little silver robot - green eyes, talks bigger than his size. But I don't think he's got a bad circuit on his entire motherboard. Clank'll talk you more into peace than pulling a weapon.

[seasidememories]

There's nothing wrong with you. I just met you, and even I could tell you that.

He sounds like one cool little guy. I'll look everywhere for him.

And if we don't find him, then we'll find a way to bring him here. I mean...we're here, right?

[guardiano_perduto]

[There's a beat, and a blink. Nobody's ever told him that before, and... he's not quite sure what to say to that.

But then, he smiles fondly, feeling a wave of relief at her statement.]

...Thanks. It's good to hear it from someone else every now and then. Growing up by myself, not knowing a real family, or who my parents were...

Ahh.

I really appreciate it. And whatever's going on with him, we're gonna help the best we can, right?

--no. We will help him. Even if it means he's gotta be stuck on this crack-pot of a ship, I just wanna make sure he's okay.

[seasidememories]

He's in trouble? Then you bet we're gonna help him! [Kairi raises a fist at the screen. Cambot misinterprets and recoils.]

And, hey... This kooky ship could be worse. Because we've still got our health.

And our hearts.

[guardiano_perduto]

From the sounds of things, I think losing our hearts might be pret-ty bad. You lemme know when you need help too, okay? This ain't a one-way deal!

[seasidememories]

You've got it, pal!

Thank you.

[guardiano_perduto]

Anytime, kiddo. Just make sure to keep up your part of the bargain! I'll take care of ya.