touchscreens | Puzzle 001

[He's looked for Flora for a while now, but he hasn't seen any sign of her. No way to contact her, she's not in her room, in fact it's like she was never here at all.

He hopes that she was sent back. He was never her Luke to begin with - the real one was back home with the Professor. He would always be the copy of Luke that Mayfield made. But it hurt at lot more then he was expecting. He wanted to pretend a little while longer...

And then there was that part of him that didn't trust this place to actually send her home.]

Do we know for sure if you get sent back home once you "leave" this place? My friend went missing, and while I'd like to believe they sent her off back home, I can't really be sure if that's what they really did or if they're keeping her somewhere.

I mean, I hope that's what they did. She'd be happier there. But I just want to be sure...

[He's quiet for a little while before speaking again. He decides to ask a question that's been on his mind for a while.]

I also had another question - a hypothetical one, if you will. Say that you met someone who was like you in every way, from appearance to personality, except that they aren't actually the real you, but just a copy. How would you treat them, knowing that they aren't actually you?

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[The bitterness in his tone quickly disappears. He sounds a little bit more his age this time.]

Huh, really?

[He looks genuinely curious.]

What do you mean? What's this Luke from your world like?

[Luke. Luke oh god why did you give Ember an excuse to gush.]

He's... well, he's a real sourpuss on the surface, but when you get to know him better, he's one of the most noble people you could ever meet. He takes everything really seriously, especially other people's problems, so he's always trying to make the world the best place he can.

[Ember closes his eyes for a minute and sighs.]

The world's lucky to have him. If he'd died, I...

[He pauses, shakes his head. No point in going down that road.]

I'm so glad that I got the chance to meet him.

[Luke starts to smile while listening. It's probably the first time he's genuinely smiled since he arrived here. He was so caught up in his own paranoia and problems that he sometimes forgets there are genuinely kind people out there.

He wants to say what he is. He really does, but he's not ready to open up just yet. Instead he focuses on this other Luke.]

It's nice to hear that there are still people out there who still cares about what goes on in the world, along with the people in it. You two sound really close.

Aha - he really hated me at first, I think.

[Is that a hint? Maybe. Maybe not. Ember doesn't even seem to notice.]

It took a while to get him to give me a chance, but he's stubborn that way.

[To be fair, Ember, up to that point he thought you were on opposite sides. Which you kind of were.]

I haven't really known him all that long anyway.

You were enemies at first?

Sort of. He was working against the organization I worked for.

[Notice the past tense.]

It took a while to get it straightened out. But I'd never hurt him.

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