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I know I have to live for everybody else. It might just be me, but I don't want to do that anymore. Yeah, the community punishes you if you look too hard into what makes it work, but honestly, I'd prefer being turned into a toad to just letting everyone disappear. We lost three more people in the last two days, and that's just people I know.

I'm gonna try and find out everything I can. Maybe I'm not a genius, but there's gotta be some kind of pattern for this. Or at least a way to find out how to make a miracle. Some way to get everyone back and keep more people from disappearing.

...Except Water Filter-san. She can stay gone.

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There used to be some groups doin' that, but they got gone, too.

What, do you think the community dumps you as punishment?

Half of 'em'd probably see it as a reward.

The boring half.

Maybe it drops boring people. It's not like this place to care if someone's busy, but all work 'n no play makes 'em no fun to mess with for this place. A buncha people can take a virus as a day off and work from home or somethin'... Maybe people who adjust too well get the boot.

I dunno. That doesn't make a lot of sense. People who just did something interesting can disappear, too.

Any idea what the come-back rate is? For the same one, memories and all. I ain't got no interest in just a nostalgic face.

Not a lot.

Well, I figured, but...

You miss someone? I thought you just liked messing with people.

You think it's easy to personalize every little screw around I do when they cycle in and out like this?

Well, the community posts their personal lives anyway.

It's not the same as havin' your own close, personal relationship with 'em. I'm just a friendly, warm kinda personable guy like that.

A friend to all, huh? Hard to imagine, sorry!

Friend's a little foggy a word, but you can at least tell what a nice guy I am, can'tcha?

For a given value of nice.

Girls who're shrewd about men's feelings get called shrews and ain't popular with men, you know.

You think I'm bad? You know I'm always joking.

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