Because I realize what I'm doing, and what I am. Both those things are...a detriment, to the Company. I both fear what they will do with me if they find this out, and know I can't continue as I am otherwise. I have to seek secure refuge now to fully escape later.
[It's always strange, saying these things aloud. "Escape", "refuge", "secure." She knows she's safe where she is, she's seen the world out there through her screens and it's a fearsome one, Jack has always been right about that. But talking like this always pulls on some deep part of her in a wau that she can't name.]
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[It's always strange, saying these things aloud. "Escape", "refuge", "secure." She knows she's safe where she is, she's seen the world out there through her screens and it's a fearsome one, Jack has always been right about that. But talking like this always pulls on some deep part of her in a wau that she can't name.]