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[thneed]

Sooo-- [ nervous laughing ] Just, you know, checking here...

Nobody actually buys that whole 'fictional' thing, right? And the doctors are just completely out of their minds? Or amazingly good actors and this is a very impressive prank, which good job by the way because that almost had me, and everyone can stop now?

Right?

Comments

[notvictorious]

Yeah, welcome to New Moore.

[thneed]

Somehow that doesn't seem welcoming at all.
But thanks.

[notvictorious]

Sorry, that makes me seem like a jerk. All my friends were here once, and now it's just me. It's been like that for two years. This place is really awful that way. But I've made lots of new friends too.

I'm Victor, by the way.

[thneed]

Two years by yourself? At least there's new friends for you...

I'm the Once-ler.

[notvictorious]

The Once-ler? That sounds like a superhero name.

[thneed]

It does? I've never heard that before.

[notvictorious]

You know a lot of people who's name include "the"?

[thneed]

Nope. Pretty much just me.

[notvictorious]

Are you a super hero?

[thneed]

You know I am very tempted to say yes but sadly I am not.

[notvictorious]

Just thought I'd check. I'm not either. I am a cyborg though, just putting that out there.

[thneed]

For real? You're a robot? How do you work?

[notvictorious]

Not a robot, I'm a cyborg. Metal interface but I've got human dna.

[thneed]

So a human with a computer for a brain?

[notvictorious]

Sure. That's pretty close, I guess. I'm kinda learning as I go.

[thneed]

You don't know?

[notvictorious]

I kinda only found out about it a couple years ago..

[thneed]

How did you find something like that out?

[notvictorious]

My super villain dad showed up, killed my mom, and tried to brainwash me into killing my friends? I guess the whole cyborg thing kinda slipped out around then.

[notvictorious]

Holy crap, sorry that was kinda an overshare, huh? Welcome to the island! I swear most people aren't as big of freaks as me.

[thneed]

[ .......... oh my god ]

Thank you for the welcome.