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[He was heading to the dead zone for perfectly innocent reasons and huh. Why's Doctor here.]

Were you planning to go up?

[Oh, it's Izanagi. He... has a little bit of context about his strong opinions before, and none of it makes him feel better about either that or the context.]

Not exactly. That looks like a terribly tiring climb.

It can be, but there's some interesting stuff up there if you're willing to do it.

[Walking over and plonking down next to him.]

What's up?

...I owe you an apology, I believe.

...For...?

You called me on doing what was most convenient for me and my bias, a few nights ago. Or at least you did in a dream.

[And Aliza mentioned sharing other dreams that night, so...]

My past self - seems to have taken such far beyond what I can reasonably argue for.

[Oh. That was a shared dream.

.................Cool okay he can deal with that later.]

What makes you say that?

A child told me that they burned down a church - intentionally, and I very much suspect with people inside - and I refused to call the police. Invited them to return to my shop, even.

Ah.

You were biased?

...I'm genuinely not sure.

[He told Aliza that he didn't think he even knew Russell all that well at the time.]

Haven't remembered enough to tell yet?

This was my third memory.

[Starting him off easy!!]

And with something like that, it would probably be difficult to take more so soon after...

I can't say I'm exactly eager, no.

Well, maybe with time you'll be able to gain some valuable insight. Not to mention the diverse crowd they keep here.

I'm admittedly somewhat nervous about speaking to certain others about this...

It turns out when you're stuck in hell making life or death decisions all the time, people get a lot more relaxed about it, conceptually.

That's true. I suppose most people I meet have killed someone here, or would consider it under the right circumstances.

If not directly, then indirectly, probably.

...Yet, does that mean there's nothing in a memory that would give someone second thoughts?

I mean. Probably.

But there's also people who have operated on a much more... planetary level?

...Really?

[Okay, that does make his concerns look a little small...]

Really. You'll have to forgive me for not naming them.

I wasn't going to ask, that isn't my business.

Thanks for understanding.