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NIETZSCHE; DEAD PHILOSOPHERS' INBOX

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The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

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Call me sentimental, but if I can find a way to take you with me if and when I leave, I'll make sure to extend the offer.

What does his alchemy do? He manipulates metal?

He does, yes. He's highly skilled in hand-to-hand and close-range combat, and he usually uses his alchemy to make weapons and shields from his surroundings, from what I understand.

He also lost an arm and one of his legs in some sort of unfortunate accident as a child and was fitted with those prosthetics I mentioned; he likes to make his metal arm into some sort of blade.

That makes sense. It'd be easy enough to just engrave the circle into the metal and activate it whenever he needed it. I wonder what it looks like.

Not that I intend to ask, mind, but people's circles are fascinating to look at, now that I understand them a little better.

You wouldn't get an answer even if you did; he doesn't use one.

He does alchemy without one?

He does.

It's not something you want to be able to do; it's a sign that something very specific happened that runs the risk of killing the alchemist. I personally couldn't do it, though I was offered an opportunity at one point. It wasn't a serious offer, I believe, because the ones offering were fairly sure I wouldn't take it; they were correct in that assumption, because the results are so unpredictable.

...

Did he lose his limbs in a rebound?

I didn't ask him about it, but that's what I've heard.

How awful for him.

Oh, that reminds me. Speaking of things I've heard, have you met a Soviet major recently?

I have. He goes by Ocelot, I believe?

That's not how he introduced himself to me. But if he was the one asking about Tselinoyarsk, it's the same one.

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't give any sort of genuine name - or code name, as the case may be - to either of us; he doesn't seem the sort, let's put it that way.

Is 'Tselinoyarsk' something you recognized? It's completely unfamiliar to me, but that's more or less to be expected, I think - I didn't recognize anything he put out there.

No, it's the only thing I didn't recognize, actually. Whatever it is, it's a signal to someone from his own world — no one would've recognized it except the person he was looking for.

I have a feeling he's one of your coworkers. He's probably dangerous, too; not that it comes as any particular surprise to you, I'm sure, but I thought I'd do you the courtesy anyway.

I thought as much; he talks like I do.

But I appreciate the warning either way, Locke.

Infiltration and assassination was one of the things his particular branch of the military was known for.

Like I said — not that I thought you'd need it, but I do happen to like your back in one piece.

...Honestly, I'm surprised he's lasted as long as he has, given how freely he seems to be offering that information to pretty much everyone who asks.

Please. After trying to get information out of you, everyone else in the world is a piece of cake. He barely even tried to sidestep me once I started landing accurate guesses.

Of course, at that point I had the home-field advantage, relatively speaking. When he's settled in and isn't as disoriented, my touch might not be as good.

Ah, but that's the concern - someone working in infiltration offering so little resistance in the face of things not going exactly his way.

If anything, I'd think he'd clamp down if it were a matter of being disoriented.

Well, they did lose the war.

[CARMEN DON'T SASS THE SPETSNAZ]

[...okay, you know what, he'll actually turn on audio for a moment because that made him laugh.]

Well-played.

[How utterly charming. And worthy of recognition, really.]

Это приятно слышать ваш голос.

[But even a single sentence is much harder in voice than it is in text, so it isn't long before she switches back.]

I'll have to be careful with that in the future. He'll understand Drachman.

It wouldn't do to have our hypothetical audience become a little more choate, would it?

Oh, certainly not.

I imagine I'll see you reasonably soon, then?

Will Lisa need to put in an appearance, or can I come as myself?

My superior is present, but I'll ensure he's busy for the duration.

Then yes. You can expect me soon.

It'll be nice to see you.

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