It seems the new one, the edge dweller, has taken to the role of a healer. It is complete, we need not watch any longer.

What if it needs to travel? It has little experience it is not accustomed to our role.

It has the role, and it has traveled, it is still somewhat small. But it is capable, it is developed enough, and it performs the role as the role-pods prescribe.

Is the old pod up to date?

It is sufficient, and the role is sufficient. If another were to replace it a different pod would be the old pod. Which of us is most tired, And which has the oldest pod?

We compare our roles and one has less in it than the others, we examine the others and see which one is most tired. That one shall go into stupor. the old pod shall be available, one pod is unoccupied it shall be the old one. There are enough healers that one shall go into stupor.

One goes to go into stupor and I return to my role.

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Memories, thoughts, self. Ur-im wakes. I wake. I gather myself and I go to check on Wur, and... Wur is resting still in stupor. Somehow, refusing to wake up, to be incomplete... I help decontaminate as needed, and I go to inquire of Hlei...

Hlei is not here, she has left, but. Stupor cycles. He who defends is in stupor. Crui, Crui is here.

I inquire from Crui, what of Hlei. How long have I, has Ur-im been in stupor?

Crui has not kept count Crui has been awake for, many counts. Crui is watching is being minimal one must watch.

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And Ur-im shall watch if needed, inquiry, what of Hlei?

She has gone to learn what healing the large ones have.

Has Frei moved?

Crui has not checked on Frei. I can see that he has not yet left his pod.

Crui is not ready to do so. If he leaves Ur-im shall check on him. But it is better if we wait for He Who Defends. Ur-im is too connected to Frei.

I shall make sure he gets food.

Crui shall not stop you.

What is you, We shall share our thoughts, and I shall continue counting time than Crui needs stupor he shall sleep.

Crui should sleep.

And so we reach for deeper communication.

Crui shares with me their concept of time, we are keeping track, I have slept for many counts more than expected. There are others they do not have time as we do, there are processes and cycles...

There are others and there is him. And I am me. And he is me. And he is you. And I do not fully understand. But these shared thoughts help Crui understands. I shall not touch the Shards he bundles until he next awakens to understand further.

Hlei is seeking Healing, much has been seen and a lot of our shards have been used to record it. Ur-im shall see them to better see what needs be remembered to find patterns and to free up our memory.

The large ones value memory, but our roles are becoming less and less important for them, they are adapting, but they have not created enough role-pod to fulfill those roles, so we are providing, we trade materials and fish. And we acquire some materials to repair the ship with. To upgrade. To build up. With the efficiency, we provide these materials are provided to upgrade further. But they are not efficiently aligned with what is needed, and we are trading for this value.

We still provide enough value to be acquire food. But we have not been able to make our roles obsolete.

We cannot leave them relient on us.

The shards and Pod-material needed for the new roles is too precious for them to acquire and create.

We shall build up what we can to make it obsolete.

And we shall create paths that work and sustain the larger more complete structures one's that do not require us.

We shall build up around the Second Large Sail...

You, Crui shall eat, than crui shall go to stupor, shall rest your body and mind with these memories and the ones you want to add. I shall watch, Hlei shall return, and we shall complete these paths.

But we should.. I.. am tired. Gratitude.