She Who Remembers is not in stupor, And yet she sleeps, For her most recent stupor was short and incomplete, but for healing to return to the hive, she needs to be aveliable when the time comes.
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Zur observes the presence of She Who Duplicates Memories, unsure, worrying for Hlei.
Bim approaches and he inquires what is causing the distress.
Hlei, is young, and, alien somewhat. But there is no risk of harm. And Zur worries of the actions She Who Duplicates Memories will take.
it is peaceful, for now, but when she leaves... She is likely to pursue... He does not know, but she will observe and record much first. We are trusted, and the healer may need to work elsewhere.
Bim approaches She Who Duplicates Memories, and he inquires, what of the healer?
It is working, but there is a lul in approaches, why does he request this?
She seems to be observing her, some, caution is there. But the healer is needed elsewhere. She Who Flies, who inspired his role, has been in stupor for more than a cycle, and she entered stupor from a state of damage. He, worries for the originator of his role, And he shall observe the healer if She needs...
She understands, and she cannot carry all this to follow and fly the distance, but only if he promises to keep her in check, she has thoughts from elsewhere, and they are potential dangerous for the hive.
He understands.
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Ur-Im rests. Ur-Im checks on Wur, Ur-Im works to create components and designs of component's for eyes. But as this work nears completion as this responsibility and debt is nearing it's payment. I remembers that I have others to address.
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Yet he has completed this and has other responsibilities to address. There was the young one, she was distant form her desired role, and she had not even chosen a name.
I should go, I'm so tired, I will check on Wur one last time.
And so I go, and she is still struggling to wake, moving slightly, in a state of communication not like stupor. And once more I embrace, seeing if she is conscious, if she will wake. And when she can not, I help her return to stupor.
And there is a communication, one entered my pod, and reached for me. Who is this?
Zur, and Hlei, She Who Wishes to Heal, my thoughts interrupt the communication
So she has chosen a name? That is good. But I had seen her before, she cannot heal this, I have had access to the same methods.
Hlei reaches into the communication, She had learned quite a bit, can she see?
He returns gratitude, and passes her a shard with his observations... Now He, I, reach for Zur.
He inquires, what of Hlei?
She is young, was young, there is another in the hive, a reminant, who holds memories of another hive, or is it this hive? We do not know, but to learn of healing She Who Remembers had us bring the young one, now Hlei, who wished to heal and had desired to be She Who Heals above any simpler role, we had provided what we know, and brought her to there. To learn what she could, and to...
Hlei returns and enters the communication, an inquiry for Ur-Im is silenced before she gets it out, For he needs stupor, or what happened to Wur will happen to him.
But what of Hlei, he has, lost his responsibilities towards her, but he still needs to help her.
There is pain in this communication, but he needs to sleep.
Can, can zur look after Hlei, bring her to She Who Remembers, continue on this quest for healing? Can Bim, who, I had not even noticed was a part of this communication, can he do this for the originator of his role?
It will happen, they both shall make this so.
And they leave me, him, Ur-Im. They leave me as I am pushed to stupor. Another, Bim, he shall watch over us, for he too worries for Wur. And, he has others who can get this done. But before they leave, there are shards, memories. No this, this needs to be delivered to He Who Flies, for it...
It shall be done. Now Ur-Im, Sleep