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[ When the feed comes to life, Hemali is seated on a couch, her legs drawn up and shoulders and neck hunched over. On the coffee table is a small bottle of nail polish, which she goes about applying with precision over her toe nails.

She doesn't glance at the camera right away, letting the silence linger until she's finished painting the nail the way she wants. Then she finally looks up and smiles, but it isn't one offered up in apology for making anyone wait, not that she believes she has anything to apologize for. ]

Isn't this all interesting? I've never seen a device like this or heard of one that could shuffle people from across the universe.

[ Her eyes light up at the thought, masking any concerns she has about the fact there's something with far greater power than she might ever have. ]

Nor have I heard about machines that could grant people power. What I find most strange having looked over this network, is that so many people would give up these powers if it meant leaving this place? I had always thought people preferred being special and having that kind of security. Does your power not provide that?

[ A contemplative pause. ]

Maybe I am a little excited to travel for once, personally.

[ Not completely, but who needs to know behind a calm affect is a woman who feels threatened by the Porter? She goes back to painting her nails, interested in hearing what these other imPorts have to say in response. ]

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[ Haha, hero. ]

Is that what imPorts do here? Be heroes?

You didn't get the explanation when you arrived?

I did. [ She paid attention to some things. She hasn't read the pamphlet yet, though. ] I didn't think people took it so seriously.

[ Do they? ]

They register themselves, don't they? Swear their allegiance to this government? That's serious enough.

You can lie about that.

[ Not everyone is so altruistic. ]

But then you've got to ask yourself how far you're willing to commit to that lie, and if you're ready to deal with the consequences if you get caught. Yeah? Lying about allegiance to a government is no small thing.

Have you sworn allegiance then?

I have not. And I don't plan to.

Not worried they will do something?

Are you?

[ It's rude not to answer questions! ]

Not really.

It doesn't sound like they do much to those who don't register, does it. Yeah, they'll make disappointed faces at us and tell us they won't give us so many free things.

It doesn't sound as if they take their own war very seriously if that's the case.

They don't want a revolution, I expect.

What do they want?

Are you asking me what they say they want, or what they really want? Might be two different things.

How about both?

I'm not making guesses yet. But the hero thing - yeah, that's the official explanation.

Don't they have police for that? Strange.

You really need to get yourself caught up.

[Unless she's pretending to be more uninformed than she is, which he highly suspects.]

[ ;) ]

I'm new, not psychic!

I'm new, too.

Wouldn't you expect the police and other authorities to handle matters and not strangers from another [ this is actually kind of weird to say aloud still ] world?

Why risk their people when they can have powerful strangers do it for them?

They may as well call as sacrificial lambs rather than heroes.

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