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[sassguard]

I don't know what I saw yesterday, but I don't think I'm the only one who saw it.

I need information about a brainwashing facility that might have existed twenty, maybe thirty years ago. Or anything dealing with imPorts, if there's a record of that. I've been looking into it, but I haven't had a lot of luck turning anything up.

I want to know if that was real.

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[abadidea]

And it involved brainwashing?

[sassguard]

Yeah. ImPorts being strapped down and forced to listen to government propaganda. You'd think something so obvious wouldn't work, but...

[abadidea]

It did work, didn't it?

[sassguard]

Yeah.

And I can't say I'm a fan of anything messing with my mind.

[abadidea]

You and me both, Shepard.

What do you remember about what you saw? I mean, I remember them mentioning there were heroes here before us...did they...make them work for them?

[sassguard]

That seemed to be what they were trying to do. I didn't see anyone actually being taken out of there and actually being put to work. So maybe it was just a pretense to keep us there.

I mostly remember rooms and corridors you couldn't find your way out of. I recognized some people from here, but I don't think I could remember anyone else.

[abadidea]

Wait...people like us? Some of the people here were...there? Or...do you mean the officials?

[sassguard]

No, the people working there weren't anyone I recognized. But I remember seeing other imPorts there, too. And it looks like they remember seeing me.

It's probably a good thing you missed out.

[abadidea]

I love not hallucinating. I'm not gonna lie about that.

[I did that for way too long.]

Has anyone found any answers yet?

[sassguard]

Not a lot about what caused it.

But it doesn't look like everything was made up. Not that it helps us much right now.

[abadidea]

That...almost makes things worse, doesn't it?

[sassguard]

Not being able to tell what was real or what was just in my head?

Yeah. But that's why I need to keep looking for answers.

[abadidea]

Shepard, you're prepared for not finding anything, right?

[sassguard]

Yeah. Wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

[abadidea]

Okay. I just wanted to make sure.

Have you learned anything yet?

[sassguard]

A little bit. The woman who was running the facility ... she passed away already. Her family doesn't seem to have any idea if she was involved with anything, but it seems like she didn't talk much about her job.

[abadidea]

But that might be a place to start. Not necessarily with her family, but maybe her co-workers?