And Twice As Pretty [Video]

[disguarded]

[The feed cuts on to a shot of a woman with a very impassive expression sitting at a table... in a park maybe? She's somewhere outside at least, drawing in some sort of sketchpad, and by all appearances might not even know the camera is actually recording her. That is, until she speaks up after several long seconds of silence, eyes still locked on the page in front of her.]

Sorry for the interruption, everyone, but I'm curious about something, and I hope you have a second to answer.

In your time here, have you made many friendships or alliances, even knowing that they'll all be ending soon and forgotten? If so, why? And why do you think it's so common to do this? What motivates people to keep trying?

[She finally stops her sketching and looks over to the camera, holding up her pencil in front of her.]

Also, do you know where I can find better supplies for things like this? I usually just take what I can get, but if quality is an option...

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[disguarded]

[A pause.]

That sounds unlikely. I've never seen or heard of anything that could get through my aura.

[dun_moch]

[Dooku's voice is sombre.]

I know precisely what you mean. Before coming here, I had never experienced anything that could remove my abilities. But I learned otherwise, at great cost.

If this technology is used against you, your aura will simply cease to exist. There are few defenses against it... at least right now.

[disguarded]

[Okay, sure. Maybe that's a thing for other people to worry about! But this is Twice, the Untouchable they're talking about here, right???

She certainly doesn't sound like she's concerned at all.]

But you think that's going to change?

[dun_moch]

[The Count smiles slyly.]

There are many imPorts who would be interested in creating a defence against such attacks. I expect they will one day create a countermeasure.

No one likes to be vulnerable after all, do they?

[disguarded]

I wouldn't think so.

[She remembers it being less than pleasant.]

[dun_moch]

Of course you wouldn't.

[Neither would Dooku, if he had power like hers. To be untouchable- that is truly an enviable ability, in his mind.]

I can keep you aware of any developments with regard to these defences, if this topic interests you.

[He's still trying to get a handle on what does interest her, aside from maybe sketching.]

[disguarded]

[Oh, it's allowed her to do some truly amazing and terrible things in the past. If she had anything remotely resembling ambition, it would be very frightening indeed.]

You can, but I'm not really worried.

[It's just... SO HARD to consider anything outside of her aura a threat, man! To him, that stuff might feel very real, but to Twice?

Dooku might as well have explained the plot of the Resident Evil movies and then asked her if she wanted to buy a can of zombie-repellent JUST IN CASE the monsters ever learned how to jump out of the screen. She accepts that it is technically not impossible within the infinite stretch of the multiverse, but it sounds ridiculously improbable, as well as regular old ridiculous to even suggest.]

[dun_moch]

[Fun fact: zombies can totally be a thing here too! Not that Twice has any reason to worry about them... Unless they're nullifier zombies....]

Then I will hope that nothing occurs to disturb your peace of mind, Twice. Such contentment can be a rare thing.

[Rare, and fragile. He'll see if her complacent bubble bursts, and be ready to act if and when it does.]

[disguarded]

[Exactly! The line between physical threats and threats that are only in a film is very clear for most people. But when NEITHER can ever touch or hurt you??

How can anyone reasonably expect Twice to CONSTANTLY think of things (and people) further than 3 millimeters from her as real and not some weird, cardboard dreamworld? It's unfair, really.]

Yes, there's a lot of fear in the world. In all of them that I've seen.