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[ The hill in the Ring dissolves, leaving you alone with your team in a soft, featureless grey space. The Dog's genderless, gentle "voice" speaks into all of your minds, less anxious and more confident now; confiding. ]

My name is The Dog Who Dies At The End Of The Story. I don't remember the name I had before that, and I didn't know what this one was either, not till I chose a new Master. I don't think I was supposed to do that, but I did, so here we are.

I understand being a dog, and sometimes dogs die. But I don't understand dying, even when I know what it is. . . and in order to make a choice about it, I need to catch answers. I've died over and over and not understood yet. Maybe some of you have, too. I wanted . . . to ask what you thought. . . ?

Thank you. . . I won't be able to answer for a little while, so if you would. . . please answer for me.

[ You know instinctively that while the Dog will not answer your words for a while, once it asks you its questions you will be able to speak your answers when you've reached a consensus and be heard. ]

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They're dead, they're done. They're GONE. Anything you get from them isn't from the dead person, it's your memories of them when they were ALIVE.

And that doesn't mean something?

It doesn't! All you'll have are memories! Nothing's— that's all! They won't do anything else ever again and— They won't even KNOW! They're dead!

We have a lot of dead people here who know a lot more than they did before.

THEY DON'T COUNT

Why not? Didn't they die? Weren't they dead? Isn't this a place they are after they've died?

This place is an exception and you fucking know it!

Even if it is an exception, it does exist.

It's an— it doesn't COUNT! Is that what you're going to do when— if a patient dies at home, oh it's okay! Maybe they're in a FAIRYTALE!

No, because that's not what happens at home. Why doesn't it count, just because it's here? We exist here, don't we? Or is none of this real to you?

[opens his mouth‐ but there are tiny new teammates here so he shuts it, gritting his teeth and just glaring absolutely furiously]

I would rather you say something than nothing.

Try— try telling that to a corpse.

[snaps and turns away from her]

I'm not talking to a corpse, Yuki.

[not talking to yuki either \8D/ NO RESPONSE]

[i'm glad you decide to stop having conversations all the time, it seems to be working nicely]

[it's great, nothing to interrupt him when he breaks down crying on his turn-in]

[d-dear

coming over to wrap an arm around him]

[turns and hugs her, hiding in her shoulder]

[hugging him back and rocking him back and forth a little, shhh it's ok it's ok :(]

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